World map in AD 1846 — territory by country

Frame AD 1846 — world borders from AD 1846 to AD 1847. 152 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 19.00 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (152, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 19.00 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 12.32 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 7.82 million km²
4	British Empire	≈ 3.75 million km²
5	United States	≈ 3.52 million km²
6	First Mexican Republic	≈ 2.80 million km²
7	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.11 million km²
8	Bolivia	≈ 1.81 million km²
9	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 1.71 million km²
10	Muhammad Ali dynasty	≈ 1.65 million km²
11	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
12	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.46 million km²
13	Republic of New Granada	≈ 1.42 million km²
14	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
15	British Empire	≈ 1.27 million km²
16	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
17	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
18	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 848 thousand km²
19	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
20	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
21	Austrian Empire	≈ 693 thousand km²
22	Cape Colony	≈ 669 thousand km²
23	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 666 thousand km²
24	Bourbon Restoration in France	≈ 626 thousand km²
25	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
26	Myanmar	≈ 552 thousand km²
27	Second Saudi state	≈ 532 thousand km²
28	Spanish Empire	≈ 506 thousand km²
29	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
30	Dutch East Indies	≈ 488 thousand km²
31	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 476 thousand km²
32	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
33	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
34	Great Britain	≈ 349 thousand km²
35	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
36	Paraguay	≈ 322 thousand km²
37	Chile	≈ 304 thousand km²
38	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 301 thousand km²
39	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
40	German Confederation	≈ 282 thousand km²
41	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
42	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 268 thousand km²
43	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
44	Mughal Empire	≈ 241 thousand km²
45	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
46	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
47	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
48	French Algeria	≈ 212 thousand km²
49	Sikh Empire	≈ 209 thousand km²
50	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 189 thousand km²
51	Omanis	≈ 185 thousand km²
52	Denmark–Norway	≈ 182 thousand km²
53	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
54	Oman	≈ 176 thousand km²
55	Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)	≈ 169 thousand km²
56	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
57	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
58	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
59	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
60	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
61	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
62	Nicaragua	≈ 112 thousand km²
63	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
64	Honduras	≈ 109 thousand km²
65	Caliphate of Hamdullahi	≈ 105 thousand km²
66	Riau-Lingga Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
67	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
68	Imams of Yemen	≈ 96 thousand km²
69	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	≈ 91 thousand km²
70	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
72	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 77 thousand km²
73	Talpur dynasty	≈ 75 thousand km²
74	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
75	Trucial States	≈ 73 thousand km²
76	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
77	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
78	Johor Sultanate	≈ 62 thousand km²
79	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
80	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 55 thousand km²
81	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
82	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 44 thousand km²
83	Moldavia	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
85	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
86	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
87	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
88	Switzerland	≈ 40 thousand km²
89	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 40 thousand km²
90	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
91	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
92	Kingdom of Hanover	≈ 38 thousand km²
93	Natalia Republic	≈ 38 thousand km²
94	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
95	Caucasian Imamate	≈ 35 thousand km²
96	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
97	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
98	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
99	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
100	Zululand	≈ 26 thousand km²
101	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
102	Qatar	≈ 25 thousand km²
103	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
104	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
105	French Africa	≈ 19 thousand km²
106	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
107	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
108	California Republic	≈ 16 thousand km²
109	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
110	Grand Duchy of Baden	≈ 14 thousand km²
111	Electorate of Hesse	≈ 14 thousand km²
112	Id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesultanan Sambaliung	≈ 13 thousand km²
113	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
114	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
115	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 11 thousand km²
116	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
117	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
118	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
119	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
120	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
121	Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	≈ 7,460 km²
122	Duchy of Modena and Reggio	≈ 6,816 km²
123	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
124	Duchy of Nassau	≈ 5,756 km²
125	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
126	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 4,952 km²
127	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,813 km²
128	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,807 km²
129	French India	≈ 4,551 km²
130	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 4,140 km²
131	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,294 km²
132	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,669 km²
133	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
134	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
135	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,990 km²
136	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
137	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,962 km²
138	Hamburg	≈ 1,479 km²
139	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	≈ 1,310 km²
140	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,210 km²
141	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 1,067 km²
142	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 942 km²
143	Grand Duchy of Tuscany	≈ 938 km²
144	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
145	Principality of Lippe	≈ 829 km²
146	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
147	Centralist Republic of Mexico	≈ 639 km²
148	Free City of Bremen	≈ 517 km²
149	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
150	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (5)

French Africa · Emirate of Afghanistan · Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · Dominican Republic · California Republic

Countries that disappeared in this frame (9)

Maratha Empire · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Durrani dynasty · Republic of Texas · Riograndense Republic · Regency of Algiers · Bahrain · Kutai · Free City of Cracow

Directions of expansion (5)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

First Mexican Republic → former land of Centralist Republic of Mexico, ≈ 2.15 million km²
United States → former land of Republic of Texas, ≈ 375 thousand km²
Empire of Brazil → former land of Riograndense Republic, ≈ 289 thousand km²
French Algeria → former land of Regency of Algiers, ≈ 163 thousand km²
British Empire → former land of Talpur dynasty, ≈ 119 thousand km²

The world in AD 1846

2 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

China (2)

AD 1846 — In the second month the Hui of Yongchang in Yunnan rebelled, and the commander Zhang Bilu was ordered to suppress them. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光26年二月)
AD 1847 — In the tenth month Yishan and others attacked the Anjiyan bandits at Kekereyiwate in the Yarkand area and routed them. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光27年十月)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1846 — Emirate of Afghanistan appears
◆ AD 1846 — Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) appears
◆ AD 1846 — Durrani dynasty ends
◆ AD 1846 — Emirate of Jabal Shammar ends
◆ AD 1846 — Maratha Empire ends
◆ AD 1846 — Regency of Algiers ends
◆ AD 1846 — Republic of Texas ends
◆ AD 1846 — Riograndense Republic ends