World leaders in 1839
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1839, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1839 →
Major powers in 1839
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Martin Van Buren
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- William Lamb
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Daoguang
July Monarchy of FranceFrance history
- King
- Louis Philippe I
- Prime minister
- Louis-Mathieu Molé, then Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Ninkō
Africa
BasutolandLesotho history
- King or Paramount Chief
- Moshoeshoe I
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Sahle Dengel
Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history
- Khedive
- Muhammad Ali
Kingdom of Rwanda
Merina Kingdom
- Queen
- Ranavalona I
- Prime minister
- Rainiharo
Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Abd al-Rahman
Oyo EmpireNigeria history
- Alaafin
- Atiba Atobatele
Republic of MarylandLiberia history
- Governor
- John Brown Russwurm
Americas
Argentine ConfederationArgentina history
- Governor of Buenos Aires Province
- Juan Manuel de Rosas
Centralist Republic of MexicoMexico history
- President
- Anastasio Bustamante, then Nicolás Bravo
- Interim President
- Santa Anna
Conservative Republic of ChileChile history
- President
- José Joaquín Prieto
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- Acting Head of State
- Timoteo Menéndez, then Antonio José Cañas
Empire of BrazilBrazil history
- Emperor
- Pedro II
Federal Republic of Central AmericaGuatemala history
- President
- Francisco Morazán
- Interim President
- Diego Vigil Cocaña
Free State of Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- Head of State
- Braulio Carrillo Colina
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Francisco de Molina
- Acting President
- Felipe Neri Medina, then Juan José Alvarado, then José María Guerrero, then Francisco Zelaya y Ayes
Miskito CoastNicaragua history
Oriental Republic of UruguayUruguay history
- Acting
- Gabriel Antonio Pereira
- President
- Fructuoso Rivera
Peru–Bolivian ConfederationPeru history
- Supreme Protector
- Andrés de Santa Cruz
Republic of BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Andrés de Santa Cruz
- Supreme Protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
- Andrés de Santa Cruz
- Provisional Supreme Chief; Provisional President
- José Miguel de Velasco Franco
Republic of EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- Vicente Rocafuerte, then Juan José Flores
Republic of GuatemalaGuatemala history
- Head of State
- Mariano Rivera Paz
Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)Haiti history
- President
- Jean-Pierre Boyer
Republic of PeruPeru history
- President
- Agustín Gamarra
Republic of TexasUnited States history
- President
- Mirabeau B. Lamar
State of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Carlos Soublette, then José Antonio Páez
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Martin Van Buren
Asia
Aceh SultanateIndonesia history
Bruneian EmpireBrunei history
- Sultan
- Omar Ali Saifuddin II
Emirate of Afghanistan: Barakzai dynastyAfghanistan history
Emirate of BukharaUzbekistan history
Emirate of NejdSaudi Arabia history
- Imam
- Khalid bin Saud
Johor SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Ali
Joseon
- King
- Heonjong
Kingdom of ChampasakLaos history
- King
- Huy
Konbaung dynasty
- King
- Tharrawaddy
Ottoman EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Mahmud II, then Abdülmecid I
- Grand Vizier
- Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, then Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Daoguang
Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history
- King
- Rama III
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Muhammad Shah
Sheikhdom of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Jaber I
Sheikhdom of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Omar Riayat Shah
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Ninkō
Yemeni Zaidi StateYemen history
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono V
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Simó de Guardiola i Hortoneda
- French Co-Prince
- Louis Philippe I
Anhalt-Bernburg
- Duke
- Alexander Karl
Anhalt-Köthen
- Duke
- Henry V
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold I
- Prime minister
- Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt
Caucasian ImamateRussia history
- Imam
- Shamil
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Frederick VI, then Christian VIII
Duchy of Holstein
- Duke
- Christian VIII
Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867)
- Duke
- William I
Duchy of Nassau
- Duke
- Adolphe
Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
Grand Duchy of FinlandFinland history
- Grand Prince
- Nicholas I
July Monarchy of FranceFrance history
- King
- Louis Philippe I
- Prime minister
- Louis-Mathieu Molé, then Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Kingdom of Bavaria
- King
- Ludwig I
Kingdom of Bohemia
- King
- Ferdinand V
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Croatia history
- King
- Ferdinand V
Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history
- King
- Ferdinand I
Kingdom of GreeceGreece history
- King
- Otto
Kingdom of Hanover
- King
- Ernest Augustus
Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaItaly history
- King
- Ferdinand I
Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history
- Queen
- Maria II
- King
- Ferdinand II
Kingdom of Sardinia, Duchy of SavoyItaly history
- King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy
- Charles Albert
Kingdom of Spain (1810–1873)Spain history
- Queen
- Isabella II
Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history
- King
- William I
Kingdom of the Two SiciliesItaly history
- King
- Ferdinand II
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Aloys II
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- William I
MoldaviaRomania history
- Prince
- Mihail Sturdza
Papal States
- Pope
- Gregory XVI
Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince
- George II
Principality of WallachiaRomania history
- Prince
- Alexandru II Ghica
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Saxe-Meiningen
- Duke
- Bernhard II
Sweden–Norway
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- William Lamb
Oceania
Kingdom of Huahine
- Queen
- Teriitaria II