World leaders in 1841

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1841, 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 1841 →

Major powers in 1841

United StatesUnited States history

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
William Lamb, then Robert Peel

Russian EmpireRussia history

Emperor
Nicholas I

Qing dynastyChina history

Emperor
Daoguang

July Monarchy of FranceFrance history

Prime minister
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

Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history

Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)

Kingdom of Rwanda

Merina Kingdom

Prime minister
Rainiharo

Morocco: Alaouite dynasty

Oyo EmpireNigeria history

Republic of MarylandLiberia history

Americas

Argentine ConfederationArgentina history

Governor of Buenos Aires Province
Juan Manuel de Rosas

Centralist Republic of MexicoMexico history

Provisional President
Santa Anna

Conservative Republic of ChileChile history

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

Acting Head of State
Norberto Ramírez
Provisional Head of State
Juan Lindo
Provisional President
Juan Lindo
President
Juan Lindo

Empire of BrazilBrazil history

Emperor
Pedro II

Free State of Costa RicaCosta Rica history

HondurasHonduras history

Acting President
Francisco Zelaya y Ayes

Miskito CoastNicaragua history

Oriental Republic of UruguayUruguay history

Republic of BoliviaBolivia history

Provisional Chief
Sebastián Ágreda
Acting President
Mariano Calvo
Provisional President
José Ballivián

Republic of EcuadorEcuador history

Republic of GuatemalaGuatemala history

Head of State
Mariano Rivera Paz

Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)Haiti history

Republic of New GranadaColombia history

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

President of the Provisional Junta
Manuel Antonio Ortiz

Republic of PeruPeru history

Republic of TexasUnited States history

State of VenezuelaVenezuela history

United StatesUnited States history

Asia

Aceh SultanateIndonesia history

Bruneian EmpireBrunei history

Emirate of BukharaUzbekistan history

Emirate of NejdSaudi Arabia history

Johor SultanateIndonesia history

Sultan
Ali

Joseon

Kazakh KhanateKazakhstan history

Kingdom of ChampasakLaos history

King
Nark

Konbaung dynasty

Ottoman EmpireTurkey history

Qing dynastyChina history

Emperor
Daoguang

Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history

Selangor SultanateMalaysia history

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

Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history

Emperor
Ninkō

Yemeni Zaidi StateYemen history

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

Europe

Andorra

French Co-Prince
Louis Philippe I

Anhalt-Bernburg

Anhalt-Köthen

BelgiumBelgium history

Caucasian ImamateRussia history

Imam
Shamil

DenmarkDenmark history

Duchy of Holstein

Duchy of Nassau

Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia

Grand Duchy of FinlandFinland history

Grand Prince
Nicholas I

July Monarchy of FranceFrance history

Prime minister
Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Croatia history

Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history

Kingdom of GreeceGreece history

King
Otto

Kingdom of Hanover

Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaItaly history

Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history

Kingdom of Sardinia, Duchy of SavoyItaly history

King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy
Charles Albert

Kingdom of Spain (1810–1873)Spain history

Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history

Kingdom of the Two SiciliesItaly history

Liechtenstein

Prince
Aloys II

LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duke
William II

MoldaviaRomania history

Papal States

Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Prince
George II

Principality of WallachiaRomania history

Russian EmpireRussia history

Emperor
Nicholas I

Saxe-Meiningen

Sweden–Norway

United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
William Lamb, then Robert Peel

Oceania

Kingdom of Huahine

Kings of Uvea (Wallis)