List of state leaders in 1840

Categories: 1840 | Lists of state leaders by year

1839 state leaders - Events of 1840 - 1841 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Australia and Oceania 4 Europe 5 Middle East and North Africa 6 North America 7 South America

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Suna II, King of Buganda (1836-1856)
• Bunyoro - Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835-1848)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
• Dahomey - Gézo, King of Dahomey (1818-1856)
• Rwanda - Mutara II Rwogera, King of Rwanda (1830-1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Abu Bakr Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1837-1842)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1817-1842)
• Zulu -
  1. Dingane kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1828-1840)
  2. Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1839-1842)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Daoguang, Emperor of China (1821-1850)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Ninko, Emperor of Japan (1817-1846)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Shogun of Japan (1837-1853)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834-1849)

Australia and Oceania

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Lieutenant-Governor - William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand (1840-1842)

Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
• Andorra -
  • Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgell (1828-1851)
  • Louis-Philippe I, King of France (1830-1848)
• Austria -
  • Monarch - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-1848)
  • Foreign Minister - Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Foreign Minister of Austria (1809-1848)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. B.-T. de Theux de Meylandt, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1834-1840, 1846-1847)
    2. Joseph Lebeau, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1840-1841)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839-1848)
  • Prime Minister - Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824-1842)
• France -
  • Monarch - Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830-1848)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Prime Minister of France (1839-1840)
    2. Adolphe Thiers, Prime Minister of France (1840)
    3. Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Prime Minister of France (1840-1847)
• German Confederation
  • Austria - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-1848)
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821-1848)
  • Bohemia - Ferdinand V, King of Bohemia (1835-1848)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch -
      1. Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
      2. Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
    • Chief Minister - Count Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich, Chief Minister of Prussia (1823-1841)
  • Bavaria - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825-1848)
  • Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836-1854)
  • Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837-1851)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
• Hungary - Ferdinand V, King of Hungary (1835-1848)
• Moresnet
  • Monarchs -
    • Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
    • King of Prussia
      1. Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
      2. Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
  • Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817-1859)
• Netherlands -
  1. William I, King of the Netherlands (1815-1840)
  2. William II, King of the Netherlands (1840-1849)
• Portugal - Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826-1828, 1834-1853)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1825-1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch Charles XIV, King of Sweden (1818-1844)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Mathias Rosenblad, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1829-1840)
    2. Hans Gabriel Trolle-Wachtmeister, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden, did not take office (1840)
    3. Arvid Posse, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1840)
    4. Carl Törnebladh, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1840-1843)
  • Foreign Minister - Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1838-1842)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1835-1841)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi -
  • Co-Shaikh - Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833-1845)
  • Co-Shaikh - Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833-1845)
• Ajman - Humayd ibn Rashid, Shaikh of Ajman (1838-1841)
• Bahrain - Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain (1834-1842)
• Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
• Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
• Oman - Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804-1856)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1839-1841)

North America

• Mexico - Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico (1839-1841)
• Republic of Texas - Mirabeau B. Lamar, President (1838-1841)
• United States - Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1837-1841)

South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Chile -
  1. José Joaquín Prieto Vial, President of Chile (1831-1840, 1840-1841)
  2. ...
• Paraguay -
  1. Perpetual Supreme Dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1814-1840)
  2. ...