List of sovereign states in the 1850s
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Sovereign states
editA
edit- Afghanistan – Emirate of Afghanistan (from 1855)
Capital: Kabul - Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella - Angoche – Angoche Sultanate
Capital: Angoche - 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
Capital: Mbarara - Annam – Empire of Annam
Capital: Huế - Anziku – Anziku Kingdom
Capital: Monsol - Argentina – Argentine Confederation
Capital: Paraná, Entre Ríos (from 1853) - Aro – Aro Confederacy
Capital: Arochukwu - Ashanti – Asante Union
Capital: Kumasi - Aussa – Sultanate of Aussa
Capital: Asaita - Austria – Austrian Empire
Capital: Vienna
B
edit- 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 – 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
edit- Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
- Central Italy – United Provinces of Central Italy (from December 8, 1859)
- → 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
edit- Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
- Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti
- Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
- Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
- Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic
E
edit- Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
- El Salvador – El Salvador
- Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F
edit- Fiji – Tui Viti
- Finland – Grand Duchy of Finland
- France
- French Republic (to December 2, 1852)
- French Empire (from December 2, 1852)
- Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt
- Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
- Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro
G
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
- Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
- Jimma – Kingdom of Jimma
- Johor – Johor Sultanate
- Jolof – Jolof Kingdom
K
edit- Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
- Kabul – Emirate of Kabul (to 1855)
- 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
edit- 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
edit- Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
- Mangareva – Kingdom of Mangareva
- Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
- Maryland – State of Maryland in Africa[1] (from 29 May 1854 to 18 March 1857)
- Massina – Massina Empire
- Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Mexico – Republic of Mexico
- Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
- Moldavia - Principality of Moldavia
- Monaco – Principality of Monaco
- → Montenegro
- Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro (to March 13, 1852)
- Principality of Montenegro (from March 13, 1852)
- Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
- Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (from 1856)
N
edit- 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 → Sweden and Norway
- Nri – Kingdom of Nri
O
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Qu'aiti – Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Muqalla in Hadramaut
R
edit- 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
edit- 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
- Siak Sri Indrapura – Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura (to 1858)
- Siam – Kingdom of Siam
- Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
- Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate
South African Republic → Transvaal
Sweden → Sweden and Norway
- Sweden and Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
T
edit- 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
edit- United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- → United States – United States of America
- United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands
- Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
V
edit- → → Venezuela
- State of Venezuela (to 1856)
- Republic of Venezuela (from 1856)
W
edit- Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
- Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg
Y
edit- Yeke – Yeke Kingdom (from 1856)
Z
edit- Zululand – Kingdom of Zululand
Non-sovereign territories
editOldenburg
edit- Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, protectorate of Oldenburg to 1854.
United Kingdom
edit- Cape Colony – Cape of Good Hope
States claiming sovereignty
edit- Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
- Germany – German Empire (to November 29, 1850)
- Goust – Republic of Goust
- State of Buenos Aires (from September 11, 1852)
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (from January 11, 1851)
- Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara
References
edit- ^ official name in quotes near bottom of page "About Maryland". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-29.