Abomey
City
Royal capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey until the French conquest in 1894.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1893 Kingdom of Dahomey
- 1894 – October 26, 1895 France
- June 16, 1895 – October 4, 1958 French West Africa
- October 5, 1958 – December 3, 1958 France
- since December 4, 1958 Benin
Capital of
- 1600 – January 15, 1894 Kingdom of Dahomey
Events here 1
- July 4, 1892 – January 15, 1894 Second Franco-Dahomean War