Cities' Previous Names

What were the previous names of the following cities?
Some name "changes" are the result of adopting new spelling systems
Some cities have been known by either name either side of the years given
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Last updated: February 15, 2016
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former name
renamed
now this
New Amsterdam
1664
New York
York
1834
Toronto
Edo
1868
Tokyo
Pressburg
1919
Bratislava
Kristiania
1925
Oslo
Constantinople
1928
Istanbul
Danzig
1945
Gdansk
Batavia
1949
Jakarta
Canton
1949
Guangzhou
Peking
1949
Beijing
former name
renamed
now this
Bathurst
1973
Banjul
Saigon
1976
Ho Chi Minh City
Lourenço Marques
1976
Maputo
Godthåb
1979
Nuuk
Dacca
1982
Dhaka
Salisbury
1982
Harare
Rangoon
1989
Yangon
Leningrad
1991
St Petersburg
Russia
Alma-Ata
1992
Almaty
Madras
1996
Chennai
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