List of sovereign states in the 1840s
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1840s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1840 and 31 December 1849. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes widely recognized sovereign states, entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.
Sovereign states
A
- Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul - Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella - Anhalt-Bernburg – Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg
Capital: Bernburg - Anhalt-Dessau – Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau
Capital: Dessau - Anhalt-Köthen – Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen
Capital: Köthen - Ankole – Kingdom of Ankole
- Annam – Empire of Annam
Capital: Huế - Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
Capital: Monsol - Argentina – Argentine Confederation
Capital: Buenos Aires - Aro – Aro Confederacy
Capital: Arochukwu - Ashanti – Asante Union
Capital: Kumasi - Austria – Austrian Empire
Capital: Vienna
B
- Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden
Capital: Karlsruhe - Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
Capital: Massenya - Bambara – Bambara Empire
Capital: Ségou - Baol – Kingdom of Baol
Capital: Diourbel - Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
Capital: Maseru - Bavaria – Kingdom of Bavaria
Capital: Munich - Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
Capital: Brussels - Benin – Benin Empire
Capital: Benin City - Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Capital: Thimphu - Bolivia – Bolivian Republic (to October 28, 1836, from August 25, 1839)
Capital: Sucre - Bornu – Bornu Empire
Capital: Ngazargamu - Brazil – Empire of Brazil
Capital: Rio de Janeiro - Bremen – Free City of Bremen
- Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunswick – Duchy of Brunswick
Capital: Braunschweig - Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
Capital: Mengo - Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
Capital: Bukhara - Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
Capital: Hoima - Burma – Kingdom of Burma
Capital: Ava - Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi
Capital: Bujumbura
C
- Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
Capital: Oudong - Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
Capital: Mboul - Chile - Republic of Chile
Capital: Santiago - China – Great Qing Empire
Capital: Beijing - Comancheria
- Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Capital: San Jose
D
- Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
Capital: Abomey - Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen
E
- Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
Capital: Quito - El Salvador – El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador - Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
Capital: Addis Ababa
F
- Fiji – Tui Viti
Capital: Suva - France – Kingdom of the French
Capital: Paris - Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt
Capital: Frankfurt am Main - Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
Capital: Timbo - Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro
Capital: Orefonde
G
- Garo – Kingdom of Garo
- Gomma - Kingdom of Gomma
Capital: Agaro - Greece – Kingdom of Greece
Capital: Athens - Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala City - Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
H
- Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
Capital: Ha'il - Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Capital: Port-au-Prince- Republic of Haiti (to August 26, 1849)
- Empire of Haiti (from August 26, 1849)
- Hamburg – Free city of Hamburg
- Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover
Capital: Hanover - Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
Capital: Lāhainā - Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Capital: Darmstadt - Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
Capital: Bad Homburg - Hesse-Kassel – Electorate of Hesse
Capital: Kassel - Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Capital: Hechingen - Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Capital: Sigmaringen - Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
Capital: Glückstadt - Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa - Hyderabad State - State of Hyderabad
Capital: Hyderabad
J
- Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
Capital: Fofa - Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
Capital: Edo - Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
Capital: Jimma - Johor – Johor Sultanate
Capital: Tanjung Puteri - Jolof – Jolof Kingdom
Capital: Linguère
K
- Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
Capital: Kansala - Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
Capital: Anderaccha - Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
Capital: Sikasso - Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
Capital: Medina - Khiva – Khanate of Khiva
Capital: Khiva - Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
Capital: Kokand - Kong – Kong Empire
Capital: Kong - Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
Capital: São Salvador - Korea – Kingdom of Joseon
Capital: Seoul - Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya
Capital: Cape Mount
L
- Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
Capital: Vaduz - Limburg – Duchy of Limburg
- Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
Capital: Saqqa - Lippe – Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt
Capital: Detmold - Loango – Kingdom of Loango
Capital: Buali - Luba – Luba Empire
- Lübeck – Free City of Lübeck
Capital: Lübeck - Lunda – Lunda Empire
- Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Capital: Luxembourg City
M
- Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
Capital: Male - Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
Capital: Imphal - Massina – Massina Empire
Capital: Hamdullahi - Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
Capital: Bulawayo - Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Capital: Schwerin - Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Capital: Neustrelitz - Mexico – Republic of Mexico
Capital: Mexico City - Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
Capital: Cotabato City - Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
Capital: Modena - Moldavia - Principality of Moldavia
Capital: Iași - Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Capital: Monaco City - Montenegro - Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Capital: Cetinje - Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
Capital: Rabat
N
- Nassau – Duchy of Nassau
Capital: Wiesbaden - Natalia – Natalia Republic
Capital: Pietermaritzburg (to May 12, 1843) - Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu - Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
Capital: Amsterdam - New Granada – Republic of New Granada
Capital: Santa Fé de Bogotá - Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Capital: Managua - Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
Capital: Oslo
O
- Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Capital: Oldenburg - Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
Capital: Constantinople - Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
Capital: Abeche - Oyo – Oyo Empire
Capital: Oyo Ile
P
- Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
Capital: Kuantan - Papal States – States of the Church
Capital: Rome - Paraguay Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Capital: Asuncion - Parma – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
Capital: Parma - Perak – Sultanate of Perak
Capital: Ipoh - Persia – Persian Empire
Capital: Tehran - Peru - Peruvian Republic
Capital: Lima - Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
Capital: Lisbon - Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
Capital: Berlin - Punjab - Sikh Empire
Capital: Lahore
R
- Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
- Reuss Elder Line – Principality of Reuss Elder Line
Capital: Greiz - Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line
Capital: Gera - Russia – Russian Empire
Capital: St. Petersburg - Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
Capital: Nyanza, Rwanda - Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū
Capital: Shuri
S
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
Capital: Apia - San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Capital: San Marino - Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak (from August 18)
Capital: Kuching - Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia
Capital: Turin - Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Capital: Altenburg - Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Capital: Coburg, Gotha - Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Capital: Meiningen - Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Capital: Weimar - Saxony – Kingdom of Saxony
Capital: Dresden - Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Capital: Bückeburg - Schleswig – Duchy of Schleswig
Capital: Schleswig, Flensburg, Copenhagen - Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Capital: Rudolstadt - Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Capital: Sondershausen - Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
Capital: Shah Alam - Serbia – Principality of Serbia
Capital: Belgrade - Siam – Kingdom of Siam
Capital: Bangkok - Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
Capital: Gangtok - Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
Capital: Sokoto - Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Capital: Madrid - Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
Capital: Astana Putih - Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
Capital: Stockholm - Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Capital: Bern
T
- Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
Capital: Papeete - Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
Capital: Nuku'alofa - Toro – Toro Kingdom
- Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
Capital: Segou - Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Capital: Florence - Two Sicilies – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Capital: Naples
U
- United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Capital: London - United States – United States of America
Capital: Washington D.C. - United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands
Capital: Corfu - Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo
V
W
- Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Capital: Arolsen - Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
Capital: Sodo - Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg
Capital: Stuttgart
Z
- Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus
Capital: kwaBulawayo, umGungundlovu,Ulundi
States claiming sovereignty
- Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
- Goust – Republic of Goust
- Riograndense Republic
- Rio Grande – Republic of the Rio Grande (from January 17 - November 6, 1840)
- Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
- Texas – Republic of Texas
- Yucátan – Republic of Yucatán (from March 16, 1841)
See also
- List of Bronze Age states
- List of Iron Age states
- List of Classical Age states
- List of states during Late Antiquity
- List of states during the Middle Ages
Preceded by 1830s |
Political entities in the 1840s |
Succeeded by 1850s |
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