List of heads of state 1842

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Africa

• Egypt
  • Viceroy : Muhammad Ali Pasha (1805–1848)

• Ethiopia
  • Kaiser : Sahle Dengel (1841–1845)

• Buganda
  • King: Suna II (1836-1856)

• Bunyoro
  • King: Nyabongo II (1835–1848)

• Burundi
  • King: Ntare IV. Rugamba (1796-1852)

• Dahomey
  • King: Gézo (1818-1856)

• Madagascar
  • Queen: Ranavalona I (1782–1861)
  • Prime Minister : Rainiharo († 1852)

• Morocco
  • Sultan: Mulai Abd ar-Rahman (1822-1859)

• Rwanda
  • King: Mutara II (1830-1853)

• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph: Abu Bakr Atiku I (1837–1842)
  • Caliph: Aliyu Babba (1842-1859)
  • Grand Vizier: Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)

• Zulu
  • King: Mpande ka Senzangakhona (1840–1872)

America

North America

• Mexico
  • Head of State and Government: President Nicolás Bravo (1841–1843)

• United States of America
  • Head of State or Government: President John Tyler (1841–1845)

Central America

• Costa Rica
  • Head of State and Government:
    1. Braulio Carrillo Colina (1841–1842)
    2. Francisco Morazán Quezada (April – September 1842)
    3. Antonio Pinto Soares (September 11 - September 27, 1842)
    4. José María Alfaro Zamora (1842–1844)

• El Salvador
  • Head of State and Government:
    1. (provisional) Juan Lindo (1841–1 February 1842)
    2. (incumbent) José Escolastico Marín (February 1 - April 12, 1842)
    3. President Juan José Guzmán (April 12-June 30, 1842)
    4. President Don Dionisio Villacorta (June 30 - July 19, 1842)
    5. President José Escolástico Marín (July 19 - December 26, 1842)
    6. President Juan José Guzmán (December 26, 1842–1844)

• Guatemala
  • Head of State and Government:
    1. President José Venancio López (1841-14 May 1842)
    2. President Mariano Rivera Paz (May 14, 1842–1844)

• Haiti
  • Head of State and Government: President Jean-Pierre Boyer (1818–1843)

• Honduras
  • Head of State and Government: President Francisco Ferrera (1841–1844)

• Nicaragua
  • Head of State and Government: Supreme Director Pablo Buitrago (1841–1843)

South America

• Bolivia
  • Head of State and Government: President José Ballivián (1841–1847)

• Brazil
  • Ruler: Emperor Peter II (1831–1889)

• Chile
  • Head of State and Government: President Manuel Bulnes Prieto (1841-1851)

• Ecuador
  • Head of State and Government: President Juan José Flores ( 1830–1834 , 1839–1843, 1843–1845 )

• New Granada (now Colombia )
  • Head of State and Government: President Pedro Alcántara Herrán (1841–1845)

• Paraguay
  • Head of State and Government: Consul Mariano Roque Alonso (1841–1844), Carlos Antonio López (1841–1844, 1844–1862 )

• Peru (controversial)
  • Head of State and Government:
    1. President of the Government Council Manuel Menéndez (1841–16 August 1842)
    2. President Juan Crisóstomo Torrico (August 16 – October 17, 1842)
    3. President Juan Francisco de Vidal (October 17, 1842–1843)

• Río de la Plata (now Argentina )
  • Head of State and Government: (vacant)
  • Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires: General Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852)

• Uruguay
  • Head of State and Government: President Fructuoso Rivera (1838–1843)

• Venezuela (controversial)
  • Head of State and Government: President José Antonio Páez ( 1830–1835 , 1839–1843)

Asia

• Abu Dhabi
  • Caliph: Kalif bin Shakhbut (1833–1845)
  • Sultan: Sultan bin Shakhbut (1833–1845)

• Ajman
  • Sheikh: Abdul Aziz I (1841–1848)

• Afghanistan
  • Emir: Shodja Shah Durrani (1839–1842)
  • Emir: Dost Mohammed Khan (1842–1863)

• Bahrain
  • Sheikh: Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah (1834–1842)

• Brunei
  • Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin II († 1852)

• China ( Qing Dynasty )
  • Emperor: Daoguang (1821–1850)

• British India
  • Governor General :
    • George Eden (1836–1842)
    • Edward Law (1842-1844)

• Japan
  • Emperor : Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Shogun : ( Tokugawa ): Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1837-1853)

• Korea
  • King: Heonjong (1834–1849)

• Kuwait
  • Emir: Djabir I (1814-1859)

• Oman
  • Sultan: Said ibn Sultan (1804-1856)

• Persia ( Qajar dynasty)
  • Shah : Mohammed Shah (1834–1848)

• Thailand
  • King: Rama III. , King of Thailand (1824-1851)

Australia and Oceania

• Hawaii
  • King : Kamehameha III. (1825-1854)

Europe

• Abkhazia
  • Prince: Mikheil Sharvashidze (1822–1864)

• Andorra
  • Co-princes :
    • King of the French : Louis-Philippe I (1830–1848)
    • Bishop of Urgell : Simó de Guardiola i Hortoneda (1828-1851)

• Belgium
  • Head of State: King Leopold I (1831–1865)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1841–1845)

• Denmark
  • King : Christian VIII (1839–1848)

• German Confederation
  • Austria
    • Emperor : Ferdinand I (1835–1848)
      • State Chancellor Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (1821–1848)
  • Prussia
    • King : Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1840–1861)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
    • Duke : Alexander Karl (1834–1863)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau
    • Duke : Leopold IV (1817–1871)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Köthen :
    • Duke : Heinrich (1830–1847)
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    • Grand Duke : Leopold (1830-1852)
  • Bavaria
    • King : Ludwig I (1825–1848)
      • Minister of State : Friedrich August Freiherr von Gise (1832–1846)
  • Braunschweig
    • Duke : Wilhelm (1831-1884)
  • Bremen
    • Mayor : Johann Smidt (1821–1857)
    • Mayor: Simon Hermann Nonnen (1822–1847)
    • Mayor: Johann Michael Duntze (1824–1845)
    • Mayor: Johann Daniel Noltenius (1839-1852)
  • Frankfurt
    • Senior Mayor : Gottfried Scharff (1840) (1842) (1844) (1846)
  • Hamburg
    • Mayor : Johann Heinrich Bartels (1820–1850)
    • Mayor: Amandus Augustus Abendroth (1831–1842)
    • Mayor: Christian Daniel Benecke (1835–1851)
    • Mayor: David Schlüter (1835–1843)
  • Hanover
    • King : Ernst August (1837-1851)
  • Hessen-Darmstadt
    • Grand Duke : Ludwig II (1830–1848)
  • Hessen-Homburg
    • Landgrave : Philipp (1839–1846)
  • Hessen-Kassel
    • Elector: Wilhelm II. (1821–1847)
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    • Prince : Constantine (1838–1849)
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    • Prince : Karl (1831–1848)
  • Holstein and Lauenburg (personal union with Denmark 1815–1864)
    • Duke: Christian I (1839-1848)
  • Liechtenstein
    • Prince : Alois II. (1836-1858)
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    • Prince : Leopold II (1802-1851)
  • Lübeck
    • Mayor : Christian Nicolaus von Evers (1836) (1838) (1840) (1842) (1844)
  • Luxembourg and Limburg (personal union with the Netherlands 1815–1890)
    • Grand Duke : Wilhelm II (1840–1849)
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    • Grand Duke : Paul Friedrich (1837–1842)
    • Grand Duke: Friedrich Franz II. (1842–1883)
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    • Grand Duke : Georg (1816–1860)
  • Nassau
    • Duke : Adolf I (1839–1866)
  • Oldenburg
    • Grand Duke : Paul Friedrich August (1829-1853)
  • Reuss older line
    • Prince : Heinrich XX. (1836-1859)
  • Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
    • Prince: Heinrich LXXII. (1822-1848)
  • Reuss-Schleiz
    • Prince: Heinrich LXII. (1818-1848)
  • Saxony
    • King : Friedrich August II. (1836-1854)
  • Saxony-Altenburg
    • Duke : Joseph (1834–1848)
  • Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    • Duke : Ernst I (1826–1844)
  • Saxony-Meiningen
    • Duke : Bernhard II. (1803–1866)
  • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
    • Grand Duke : Carl Friedrich (1828-1853)
  • Schaumburg-Lippe
    • Prince : Georg Wilhelm (1787–1860) until 1807 Count
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    • Prince : Friedrich Günther (1807–1867)
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    • Prince : Günther Friedrich Karl II. (1835–1880)
  • Waldeck-Pyrmont
    • Prince : George II (1813–1845)
  • Württemberg
    • King : Wilhelm I (1816–1864)

• France
  • King : Louis-Philippe I (1830–1848)
    • Prime Minister: Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1840–1847)

• Greece
  • King : Otto I (1832–1862)

• Italian states
  • Papal States
    • Pope : Gregory XVI. (1831-1846)
  • Lombardy-Veneto (personal union with Austria 1815–1859 / 66)
    • King : Ferdinand (1835–1848)
  • Lucca
    • Duke: Karl Ludwig (1824–1847)
  • Modena and Reggio
    • Duke : Francis IV (1814–1846)
  • Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
    • Duchess : Marie-Louise (1814–1847)
  • San Marino
    • Capitani Reggenti : Girolamo Gozi , Francesco Guidi Giangi (October 1, 1841– April 1, 1842)
    • Capitani Reggenti: Domenico Maria Belzoppi , Pier Matteo Berti (April 1, 1842– October 1, 1842)
    • Capitani Reggenti: Giuseppe Gozi , Domenic 'Antonio Bartolotti (October 1, 1842– April 1, 1843)
  • Sardinia
    • King : Karl Albert (1831–1849)
  • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
    • King : Ferdinand II (1830-1859)
  • Tuscany
    • Grand Duke Leopold II (1824-1859)

• Monaco
  • Prince Florestan (1841-1856)

• Montenegro (until 1878 under Ottoman suzerainty)
  • Prince-Bishop (Vladika) : Petar II. Petrović-Njegoš (1830-1851)

• Neutral Moresnet
  • Ruler: Leopold I , King of Belgium (1831–1865)
  • Ruler: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. , King of Prussia (1840–1861)
  • Mayor: Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx (1817-1859)

• Netherlands
  • King: Wilhelm II. (1840–1849)

• Norway
  • King: Charles III. Johann (1818–1844) (identical to Karl XIV. John of Sweden; Norwegian-Swedish personal union)

• Ottoman Empire
  • Sultan: Abdülmecid I (1839–1861)

• Portugal (common rule 1837-1853)
  • Queen : Mary II ( 1826–1828 , 1834–1853)
  • King: Ferdinand II. (1837-1853) (1853-1855 regent)

• Russia
  • Emperor : Nicholas I (1825–1855)

• Sweden
  • King : Karl XIV. Johann (1818–1844) (1818–1844 King of Norway)

• Serbia (until 1878 under Ottoman suzerainty)
  • Prince : Mihailo Obrenović III. (1839-1842, 1860-1868 )
  • Prince: Aleksandar Karađorđević (1842–1858)

• Spain
  • Queen : Isabella II (1833–1868)
  • Regent: Baldomero Espartero (1840–1843)

• Hungary
  • King : Ferdinand V (1835–1848) (1835–1848 King of Bohemia, 1835–1848 Emperor of Austria)

• United Kingdom
  • Head of State: Queen Victoria (1837–1901) (1877–1901 Empress of India)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert Peel ( 1834–1835 , 1841–1846)

• Wallachia (under Ottoman rule)
  • Prince : Alexandru II Ghica (1834–1842, 1856–1858 )