List of sovereign states in the 1850s

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Sovereign states by year
List of sovereign states in 1849 Events of 1850 List of sovereign states in 1851

Sovereign states[]

A[]

B[]

  •  Baden – Grand Duchy of Baden
    Capital: Karlsruhe
  •  Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
    Capital: Massenya
  •  Bamana – Bambara Empire
    Capital: Ségou
  •  Baol – Kingdom of Baol
    Capital: Diourbel
  • Barotseland – Kingdom of Barotseland
  •  Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
  •  Baté Empire – Baté Empire
    Capital: Kankan
  •  Bavaria – Kingdom of Bavaria
    Capital: Munich
  •  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
    Capital: Brussels
  •  Benin – Benin Empire
    Capital: Benin City
  •  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
    Capital: Thimphu
  • Bohemia – Kingdom of Bohemia
    Capital: Prague
  • → Bolivia Bolivia – Bolivian Republic
    Capital: La Paz
  • Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
    Capital: Vaitape
  • Bornu – Bornu Empire
    Capital: Ngazargamu
  •  Brazil – Empire of Brazil
    Capital: Rio de Janeiro
  •  Bremen – Free City of Bremen
  • British India - Indian Empire
    Capital: Calcutta
  •  Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
  •  Brunswick – Duchy of Brunswick
  • Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
  • Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
  •  Bundu - State of Bundu to 1858
  • Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
  • Burma – Kingdom of Burma
  •  Burundi – Kingdom of Burundi

C[]

  • Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
  •  Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
  • Central Italy – United Provinces of Central Italy (from December 8)
  •  Chile – Republic of Chile
  •  China – Great Qing Empire

Cook Islands → Rarotonga

  •  Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
  • Couto Misto
  • Croatia – Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) (In Personal union with Kingdom of Hungary)

D[]

  •  Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
  •  Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
  •  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
  •  Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic

E[]

  •  Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
  • El Salvador – El Salvador
  •  Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire

F[]

G[]

  • Garhwal – Garhwal Kingdom
  •  Garo – Kingdom of Garo
  •  Gaza – Gaza Empire
  •  Gera – Kingdom of Gera
  •  Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
  • Granadine Confederation – Granadine Confederation (from May 22, 1858)
  • Greece – Kingdom of Greece
  • → → Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
  •  Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
  •  Gyaaman – State of Gyaaman

H[]

  • Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il
  • → Haiti
    • Empire of Haiti (to January 15, 1859)
    • Republic of Haiti (from January 15, 1859)
  •  Hamburg – Free city of Hamburg
  •  Hanover – Kingdom of Hanover
  • Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii
  • Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
  • Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
  • Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) – Electorate of Hesse
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (to April 8, 1850)
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (to April 6, 1850)
  • Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
  •  Honduras – Republic of Honduras
  • Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
  • Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
  •   Huraa – Huraa dynasty
  •  Hyderabad State (princely state of British India)

J[]

  •  Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
  •  Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
  •  Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
  • Johor – Johor Sultanate
  •  Jolof – Jolof Kingdom

K[]

  •  Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
  •  Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul (from 1858)
  •  Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
  • Kathiri – Kathiri Sultanate of Seiyun in Hadramaut
  •  Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
  •  Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
  • Khiva – Khanate of Khiva
  •  Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
  •  Kong – Kong Empire
  • Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
  • → Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon
  •  Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya

L[]

  •  Liberia – Republic of Liberia
  • →  Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
  • Limburg – Duchy of Limburg
  •  Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
  • Lippe – Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt
  •  Loango – Kingdom of Loango
  • Lombardy-Venetia – Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
  •  Luba – Luba Empire
  • Lubeck – Free City of Lubeck
  •  Lunda – Lunda Empire
  •  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M[]

N[]

  • Nassau – Duchy of Nassau
  • Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
  • Nejd – Emirate of Nejd
  • Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
  •  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • New Granada – Republic of New Granada (renamed Granadine Confederation on May 22, 1858)
  • → → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
  • Norway Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden)
  •  Nri – Kingdom of Nri

O[]

  • Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
  •  Orange Free State – Republic of Orange Free State (from February 17, 1854)
  •  Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
  •  Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
  •  Oyo – Oyo Empire

P[]

  • Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
  •  Papal States – States of the Church
  •  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
  •  Parma – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (to December 8, 1859)
  • Perak – Sultanate of Perak
  • Persia – Sublime State of Persia
  •  Peru – Peruvian Republic
  • Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
  •  Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia

Q[]

  • Qu'aiti – Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Muqalla in Hadramaut

R[]

  • Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea
  •  Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
  • Rarotonga – Kingdom of Rarotonga (from 1858)
  • Reuss Elder Line – Principality of Reuss Elder Line
  • Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line
  • →  Russia – Russian Empire
  •  Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
  •  Ryūkyū Kingdom – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S[]

  •  Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
  • San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
  •  Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak
  •  Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
  • Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
  • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  •  Saxony – Kingdom of Saxony
  • Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
  • Schleswig – Duchy of Schleswig
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
  • Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor
  • Serbia – Principality of Serbia
  •  Siam – Kingdom of Siam
  •  Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
  • Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate

South African Republic → Transvaal

  •  Spain – Kingdom of Spain
  • Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu
  •  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway)
  •   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

T[]

  • Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
  •  Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
  • Toro – Toro Kingdom
  •  Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
  •  Transvaal – South African Republic (from June 27, 1856)
  • Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany
  •  Two Sicilies – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

U[]

  •  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • United States →  United States – United States of America
  • United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands
  •  Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay

V[]

  • Venezuela → →  Venezuela – Republic of Venezuela

W[]

  • Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
  •  Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
  •  Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg

Y[]

  • Yeke – Yeke Kingdom (from 1856)

Z[]

Non-sovereign territories[]

Oldenburg[]

  • Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, protectorate of Oldenburg to 1854.

United Kingdom[]

States claiming sovereignty[]

Preceded by
1840s
 Political entities
in the 1850s 		Succeeded by

References[]

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