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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1830s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1830 and 31 December 1839. 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
=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 Capital: Buenos Aires
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (to January 4, 1831)
Argentine Confederation (from January 4, 1831)
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 (from October 4, 1830) Capital: Brussels
Benin – Kingdom of Benin 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
Central America – Federal Republic of Central America (to May 31, 1838) Capital: Guatemala City (to 1834), San Salvador (from 1834 to 1838)
Chile – Republic of Chile Capital: Santiago
China – Great Qing Capital: Beijing
Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica (from November 14, 1838) Capital: San Jose
= D
=Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey Capital: Abomey
Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti (from 1830) Capital: N'Délé
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark Capital: Copenhagen
= E
=Ecuador Capital: Quito
State of Ecuador (from May 13, 1830 to August 8, 1835)
Republic of Ecuador (from August 8, 1835)
El Salvador – El Salvador (from May 31, 1838) Capital: San Salvador
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire Capital: Addis Ababa
= F
=Fiji – Tui Viti Capital: Suva
France Capital: Paris
Kingdom of France (to 26 July 1830)
France (from 7 August 1830)
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
Gran Colombia – Republic of Colombia (to November 19, 1831) Capital: Bogota
Greece – Kingdom of Greece (from February 6, 1832) Capital: Athens
Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala (from 1839) Capital: Guatemala City
Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma
= H
=Haiti – Republic of Haiti Capital: Port-au-Prince
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
Honduras (from 1838)
Holstein – Duchy of Holstein Capital: Glückstadt
= J
=Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Jabal Shammar (from 1836) 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
Juliana Republic – Juliana Republic (from July 24 to November 15, 1839) Capital: Laguna, Santa Catarina
= 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: 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: Hanseong
Koya Temne – Kingdom of Koya Capital: Cape Mount
= L
=Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein Capital: Vaduz
Limburg – Duchy of Limburg (from April 19, 1839)
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 (from 1837) Capital: Bulawayo
Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Capital: Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Capital: Neustrelitz
→ Mexico Capital: Mexico City
Mexican Republic (to October 23, 1835)
Centralist Republic (from October 23, 1835)
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
Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal Capital: Kathmandu
Netherlands Capital: Amsterdam
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (to April 19, 1839)
Kingdom of the Netherlands (from April 19, 1839)
New Granada – Republic of New Granada (from October 20, 1831) Capital: Santa Fé de Bogotá
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua (from April 30, 1838) 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 – 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 (to October 28, 1836, from August 25, 1839) Capital: Lima
Peru, North – Republic of North Peru (from August 11 to October 28, 1836) Capital: Lima
Peru, South – Republic of South Peru (from March 17 to October 28, 1836) Capital: Tacna
Peru-Bolivian Confederation (from October 28, 1836 to August 25, 1839) Capital: Tacna
Poland – Congress Poland during November Uprising (from November 29, 1830 to October 5, 1831)
Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal Capital: Lisbon
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (to 1834)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (from 1834)
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
Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf – Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf Capital: Ebersdorf
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
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, Kragujevac (to 1838)
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
=Venezuela – State of Venezuela (from January 13, 1830) 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
=Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus Capital: kwaBulawayo, umGungundlovu, Ulundi
States claiming sovereignty
Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
Goust – Republic of Goust
Greece – Hellenic Republic (to June 18, 1832)
Natalia – Natalia Republic (from October 12, 1839) Capital: Pietermaritzburg
Republic of Indian Stream – Republic of Indian Stream (from July 9 to 1835)
Muskogee – State of Muskogee (to 1832)
Riograndense Republic (from September 11, 1836)
Soran – Soran Emirate (to 1835)
Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara (from 1836)
Texas – Republic of Texas, from March 2, 1836 (several capitals). Sovereignty disputed by Mexico.
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