List of countries in the 1840s

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This is a list of countries 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.


Contents:Top0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Sovereign states

A

  •  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
  •  Austrian Empire – 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
    Capital: San Jose
    • Free State of Costa Rica (to August 31, 1847)
    • Republic of Costa Rica (from August 31, 1848)

D

  •  Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
    Capital: Abomey
  •  Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti
    Capital: N'Délé
  • Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
    Capital: Copenhagen
  • Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic (from February 27, 1844)
    Capital: Santo Domingo

E

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: 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

J

  • Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Jabal Shammar
    Capital: Ha'il
  •  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
  •  Kabul – Emirate of Kabul
    Capital: Kabul
  •  Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
    Capital: Anderaccha
  •  Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom
    Capital: Sikasso
  •  Khasso – Kingdom of Khasso
    Capital: Médine
  • 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 Great Joseon
    Capital: Hanseong
  •  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
    Capital: Mwibele

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
    Capital: Mexico City
    • Centralist Republic (to August 22, 1846)
    • Second Federal Republic (from August 22, 1846)
  • 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

O

P

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 September 24, 1841)
    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
    Capital: Bern
    • Swiss Confederation (to September 12, 1848)
    • Swiss Confederation (from September 12, 1848)

T

  • → Template:Country data Kingdom of 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

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
    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
  • Template:Country data Republic of Yucatán – Republic of Yucatán (from March 16, 1841)
    Capital: Mérida
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Political entities in the 19th century
Preceded by
1830s
Political entities
in the 1840s
Succeeded by
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