List of state leaders in 1841

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1841.

Africa

• Adamawa Emirate - Modibo Adama bi Ardo Hasana (1809-1847)
• Ashanti Confederacy – Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Suna II (1836–1856)
• Bunyoro – Nyabongo II, Omukama of Bunyoro (1835–1848)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Gézo (1818–1856)
• Ethiopian Empire -
• Kingdom of Jimma - Abba Jifar I (1830-1855)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Henrique III (1842-1857)
• Leqa Neqemte - Bekere Godana (1841-1868)[1]
• Onitsha - Akazue, Obi of Onitsha (1840-1873)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Mutara II Rwogera (1830–1853)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Abu Bakr Atiku (1837–1842)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)
• Unyanyembe - Ifundikila (1840-1858)
• Waalo - Mö Mboj Maalik Mboj (1840-1855)[2]
• Zulu – Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Shoja Shah (1839–1842)
  • Mohammad Zaman Khan, Mohammadzay regent (in rebellion)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837–1853)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Iku (1829–1847)
• Joseon (Korea) – Heonjong (1834–1849)
• Rajpipla State - Verisalji II (1821-1860)
• Siam – Rama III (1824–1851)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Mikhail (1822–1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831–1865)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. Joseph Lebeau (1840–1841)
    2. Jean Baptiste, Baron Nothomb (1841–1845)
• Kingdom of Denmark –
  • Monarch – Christian VIII (1839–1848)
  • Minister of State - Otto Joachim Moltke (1824–1842)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
  • Prime Minister - Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1840–1847)
• German Confederation
  • Austrian Empire – Ferdinand I (1835–1848)
    • Chancellor - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria (1821–1848)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840–1861)
    • Chief Minister -
      1. Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum (1823–1841)
      2. Ludwig Gustav von Thile (1841–1848)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria
    • Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
    • Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
  • Kingdom of Hanover – Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – Otto (1832–1862)
  • Prime Minister - Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1841)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ferdinand V (1835–1848)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands – William II (1840–1849)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha (1839–1841)
    2. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1841)
    3. Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1841–1842)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
  • Monarch – Maria II (1826–1828; 1828–1834 in opposition; 1834–1853)
  • President of the Council of Ministers -
    1. Count of Bonfim (1839–1841)
    2. Joaquim António de Aguiar (1841–1842)
• Russian Empire – Nicholas I (1825–1855)
• Kingdom of Spain – Isabella II (1833–1868)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XIV John (1818–1844)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Leopold II (1824–1859)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand II (1830–1859)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister
    1. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1835–1841)
    2. Sir Robert Peel (1834–1835, 1841–1846)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi –
  • Co-Sheikh - Khalifa bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
  • Co-Sheikh - Sultan bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1833–1845)
• Bahrain – Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain (1834–1842)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abd al-Rahman (1822–1859)
• Sultanate of Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Mohammad Shah Qajar (1834–1848)

North America

• Costa Rica – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Head of State of Costa Rica (1838–1842)
• Mexico -
  1. Anastasio Bustamante, President of Mexico (1839–1841)
  2. Francisco Javier Echeverría, President of Mexico (1841–1841)
  3. Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico (1841–1842)
• Republic of Texas –
  1. Mirabeau B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas (1838–1841)
  2. Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (1841–1844)
• United States -
  1. Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1837–1841)
  2. William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (1841)
  3. John Tyler, President of the United States (1841–1845)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha III (1823–1854)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch – Victoria of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
  • Lieutenant-Governor - William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand (1840–1842)
• Samoa – Malietoa Vai'inupo (?-1841)
• Tonga – Aleamotuʻa, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1827–1845)

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)
• Empire of Brazil – Pedro II (1831–1889)
• Uruguay – Fructuoso Rivera, President of Uruguay (1839–1843)

References

1. [Ta'a, Tesema. "The Process of Urbanization in Wollega, Western Ethiopia: The Case of Neqemte." Journal of Ethiopian Studies 26, no. 1 (1993): 59-72. Accessed April 29, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/41966012. p. 63]
2. Barry, Boubacar, "Le royaume du Waalo": le Sénégal avant la conquête, Karthala, 1985, p 317, ISBN 2865371417