List of sovereign states in the 1830s
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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
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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 
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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[edit]- 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
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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
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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
[edit]- 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
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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
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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 
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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
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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
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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
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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
[edit]- 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
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[edit]- 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
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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
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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
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Venezuela – State of Venezuela (from January 13, 1830)
Capital: Caracas
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Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Capital: Arolsen- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
Capital: Sodo 
Württemberg – Kingdom of Württemberg
Capital: Stuttgart
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[edit]- Zululand – Kingdom of the Zulus
Capital: kwaBulawayo, umGungundlovu, Ulundi
States claiming sovereignty
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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.