List of sovereign states in the 1790s

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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1790s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1790 and 31 December 1799. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes widely recognized sovereign states, and entities which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.

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Sovereign states

Name and capital cityInformation on status and recognition of sovereignty

A


Flag of the Anhalt Duchies.svg Anhalt-Bernburg – Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
Capital: Bernburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Flag of the Anhalt Duchies.svg Anhalt-Köthen – Principality of Anhalt-Köthen
Capital: Köthen
State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Flag of Austria (5-3).png Austria – Archduchy of Austria
Capital: Vienna
State of the Holy Roman Empire. Crown land of the Habsburg monarchy.

Flag of the Avars (Variant 3).svg Avar – Avar Khanate
Capital: Khunzakh
Widely recognized state.

B


Drapeau Royaume Ait Abbas (Beni Abbes).svg Beni Abbas – Kingdom of the Ait Abbas
Capital: Kalâa of Ait Abbas
Widely recognized state.

Flag of Bohemia.svg Bohemia – Kingdom of Bohemia
Capital: Prague
Crown land of the Bohemian Crown and of the Habsburg monarchy. Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Flag of the Boina Kingdom.svg Boina – Kingdom of Boina
Capital: Boina Bay
Widely recognized state.

Flag of Bouillon.svgBouillon(to October 26, 1795)
Capital: Bouillon
Widely recognized state to October 26, 1795. Annexed by on October 26, 1795

Banner of the Duchy of Brabant.svg Brabant – Duchy of Brabant (to 1794)
Capital: Brussels
State of the Holy Roman Empire

C


  China – Great Qing
Capital: Peking
Widely recognized state.

Flag of the Repubblica Cisalpina.svg Cisalpine Republic (from June 29, 1797)
Capital: Milan
Widely recognized state from June 29, 1797. Sister Republic of France.

Flag of the Cispadane Republic.svg Cispadane Republic (from May 10, 1796 to June 29, 1797)
Capital: Milan
Widely recognized state. Client state of France until June 29, 1797. Annexed by the Cisalpine Republic on June 29, 1797.

  Comancheria – Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ

Flag of Cospaia.svg Cospaia – Republic of Cospaia
Capital: Cospaia
Widely recognized state.

Flag of the Couto Misto.svg Couto Misto
Capital: Santiago de Rubiás
A microstate between Portugal and Spain.

D


Darfur – Sultanate of Darfur
Capital: Al Fasher
Widely recognized state.

F


Royal Standard of the King of France.svgFlag of France (1790-1794).svgFlag of France official.svgFrance
Capital: Paris
Widely recognized state.

G


Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti.svg Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Capital: Tbilisi
Widely recognized state.

Command flag of Lord Howe (1794).gif Great Britain – Kingdom of Great Britain
Capital: London
Widely recognized state.

H


Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Herat – Herat Khanate [1] (from 1793)
Capital: Herat
Widely recognized state from 1793.

Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with haloes (1400-1806).svg Holy Roman Empire
Capital: Vienna (seat of the Aulic Council), Frankfurt , Regensburg
Widely recognized state.

I


Royal Standard of Ireland (1542-1801).svg Ireland – Kingdom of Ireland
Capital: Dublin
Widely recognized state.

K


Royal flag of Goryeo (Bong-gi).svg Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon
Capital: Hanseong
Widely-recognized state; member of the Imperial Chinese tributary system.

L


Flagge Furstentum Lippe.svg Lippe – Principality of Lippe
Capital: Detmold
State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Flag of Lucca.svg Lucca – Republic of Lucca
Capital: Lucca
Widely recognized state until February 1799. De facto independent state from February 1799.

M


Maimana – Khanate of Maimana
Capital: Maymana
Widely-recognized independent state.

Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro2.svg Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Capital: Cetinje
Widely-recognized independent state.

Flag of Moravia.svg Moravia – Margraviate of Moravia
Capital: Brno
Crown land of the Bohemian Crown and of the Habsburg monarchy. Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
Capital: Fez
Widely-recognized independent state.

P

Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
Capital: Berlin
State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Flag of Agha Mohammad Khan.svgFath Ali Shah Flag 1.svg Persia – Sublime State of Persia
Capital: Tehran
Widely-recognized independent state.

Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg Papal States – State of the Church
Capital: Rome
Widely-recognized independent state.

R


Flag of Russia-2.png Russia – Russian Empire
Capital: Saint Petersburg
Widely-recognized independent state.

S


Old Flag of San Marino.svgFlag of San Marino (civil).svg San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Capital: San Marino
Widely-recognized independent state.

Flag of Thailand (1782).svg Siam – Kingdom of Siam
Capital: Bangkok
Widely-recognized independent state.

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Spanish Empire
Capital: Madrid
Widely-recognized independent state.

U


Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svgFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States – United States of America
Capital: Philadelphia (temporary capital; from 1790)
Widely-recognized independent state.

V


Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Venice – Most Serene Republic of Venice (to October 18, 1797)
Capital: Venice
Widely recognized state. Annexed by Austria and the Cisalpine Republic on October 18, 1797.

References

  1. Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. ISBN   978-3-7001-7202-4.[ page needed ]