List of sovereign states in the 1850s explained

Sovereign states

A

Afghanistan –
–
Angoche –
Anhalt-Bernburg –
Anhalt-Dessau –
Anhalt-Köthen –
Ankole –
Annam –
Anziku –
–
Aro –
–
Aussa –
–

B

–
Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi
Bamana – Bambara Empire
Baol – Kingdom of Baol
Barotseland –
Basutoland – Kingdom of Basutoland
Baté Empire – Baté Empire
– Kingdom of Bavaria
– Kingdom of Belgium
– Benin Empire
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Bohemia – Kingdom of Bohemia
→ Bolivia – Bolivian Republic
Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora
Bornu – Bornu Empire
→ Brazil – Empire of Brazil
–
British India - Indian Empire
Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
– Duchy of Brunswick
Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
Bukhara – Emirate of Bukhara
Bundu - State of Bundu
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
→ Chile – Republic of Chile
China – Great Qing Empire

Cook Islands Rarotonga

Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Couto Misto
Croatia – Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

D

Dahomey – Kingdom of Dahomey
Dar al Kuti – Sultanate of Dar Al Kuti
Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic

E

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

F

Fiji – Tui Viti
Finland – Grand Duchy of Finland
France
- - - - French Republic French Empire Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt
Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon
Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro

G

Garhwal – Garhwal Kingdom
Garo – Kingdom of Garo
Gaza – Gaza Empire
Gera – Kingdom of Gera
Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma
Granadine Confederation – Granadine Confederation
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 Republic of Haiti – Free city of Hamburg
– 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
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
– Republic of Honduras
Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine
Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
Huraa – Huraa dynasty
(princely state of British India)

J

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

K

Kaabu – Kingdom of Kaabu
Kabul – Emirate of Kabul
Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul
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

– Republic of Liberia
→ – 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
– Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives
Mangareva – Kingdom of Mangareva
Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
Maryland – State of Maryland in Africa^[1]
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 Principality of Montenegro Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

N

Nassau – Duchy of Nassau
Negeri Sembilan – Negeri Sembilan
Nejd – Emirate of Nejd
Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
– 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

Oldenburg – Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
– Republic of Orange Free State
– Sublime Ottoman State
Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire
Oyo – Oyo Empire

P

Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang
– States of the Church
– Republic of Paraguay
– Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
Perak – Sultanate of Perak
Persia – Sublime State of Persia
– Peruvian Republic
Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
– 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
Reuss Elder Line – Principality of Reuss Elder Line
Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line
→ – Russian Empire
Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
– Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S

Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
– Kingdom of Sarawak
– 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
– 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
Siam – Kingdom of Siam
Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim
Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate

South African Republic Transvaal

Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Sulu – Sultanate of Sulu

Sweden Sweden and Norway

– United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

T

Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti
Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
Toro – Toro Kingdom
Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire
– South African Republic
Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany
– Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

U

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

V

→ →
- - - State of Venezuela Republic of Venezuela

W

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

Y

Yeke – Yeke Kingdom

Z

Zululand – Kingdom of Zululand

Non-sovereign territories

Oldenburg

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

United Kingdom

– Cape of Good Hope

States claiming sovereignty

Aceh – Sultanate of Aceh
Germany – German Empire
Goust – Republic of Goust
- State of Buenos Aires Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace
Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara

Notes and References

official name in quotes near bottom of page Web site: About Maryland . 2010-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100111070913/http://www.mfp-liberia.org/aboutmd.html . 2010-01-11 .