List of sovereign states in the 1840s

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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[]

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:
  •  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
    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:

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[]

  • → 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
    Capital: 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[]

K[]

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:
  •  Luba – Luba Empire
    Capital:
  • 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: Fes

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 (city)
  • →  Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
    Capital: Constantinople
  •  Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
    Capital: Abeche
  •  Oyo – Oyo Empire
    Capital:

P[]

  • Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
    Capital: Kuantan
  •  Papal States – States of the Church
    Capital: Rome
  • →  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:
  •  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[]

  •  Venezuela – Republic of Venezuela (from January 13)
    Capital: Caracas

W[]

  • Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
    Capital: Arolsen
  •  Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
    Capital: Sodo
  • Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg
    Capital: Stuttgart

Z[]

States claiming sovereignty[]

  • Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
    Capital: Kutaraja
  • Germany – German Empire (from March 28, 1848)
    Capital: Frankfurt
  •  Goust – Republic of Goust
    Capital: Goust
  • Hungary – Hungarian State (from April 14 – August 13, 1849)
    Capital: Buda
  • Riogranda – Riograndense Republic
    Capital: Piratini
  • Rio Grande – Republic of the Rio Grande (from January 17 – November 6, 1840)
    Capital: Laredo
  • Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
    Capital: Tavolara
  •  Texas – Republic of Texas
    Capital: Austin
  •  Yucátan – Republic of Yucatán (from March 16, 1841)
    Capital: Mérida

See also[]

Preceded by
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