List of state leaders in 1840

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

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1840
• List of international organization leaders in 1840
• List of colonial governors in 1840

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)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Iku, King of Ryūkyū (1829–1847)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Heonjong, King of Joseon (1834–1849)
• Punjab region - Nau Nihal Singh, Emperor of Sikh Empire (1839-1840)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (1823–1854)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
  • Lieutenant-Governor - William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand (1840–1842)
• Samoa - Malietoa Vai'inupo, Malietoa (?-1841)
• Tonga - Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)

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)
• Bavaria -
  • Monarch - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Karl von Abel, Prime Minister of Bavaria (1837–1847)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. Barthélémy 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)
  • 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)
  • Saxony - Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony (1836–1854)
  • Hanover - Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1837–1851)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
• Greece - Otto, King of Greece (1832–1862)
• Hungary - Ferdinand V, King of Hungary (1835–1848)
• Netherlands -
  1. William I, King of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
  2. William II, King of the Netherlands (1840–1849)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1839–1841)
• 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 - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John, King of Sweden (1818–1844)
• Kingdom of Tavolara - Giuseppe, King of Tavolara (1836–1845)
• Tuscany - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824–1859)
• Two Sicilies - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830–1859)
• 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 (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- 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)
• Persia - Mohammad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1834–1848)

North America

• Costa Rica - Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838–1842)
• Mexico - Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico (1839–1841)
• Texas - Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas (1838–1841)
• United States - Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1837–1841)

South America

• Argentine Confederation - Juan Manuel de Rosas, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation (1835–1851)
• 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. ...
• Uruguay - Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1839–1843)

References

• Rulers