Europe in 1840
This map shows the 58 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Ottoman Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- German Confederation
- Denmark-Norway
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Principality of Moldavia
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Belgium
- French Algiers
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Electorate of Hesse
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Qajar Dynasty
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Duchy of Nassau
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Free City of Lübeck
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Free City of Krakow
- Free City of Hamburg
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- Caucasian Imamate
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Principality of Lippe
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Free City of Bremen
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Principality of Andorra
- Free City of Frankfurt
New on the map since 1815
Muhammad Ali dynasty · Kingdom of Hanover · First Hellenic Republic · Kingdom of Belgium · French Algiers · Duchy of Warsaw · Saxe-Meiningen · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Caucasian Imamate · Free City of Frankfurt
Gone from the map by 1865
Bourbon Kingdom of France · German Confederation · Regency of Algiers · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Kingdom of Sardinia · Principality of Wallachia · Principality of Moldavia · French Algiers · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Free City of Krakow · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Caucasian Imamate · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Kingdom of Prussia
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.