1856 state leaders - Events of 1857 - 1858 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 Middle East and North Africa 5 North America 6 Oceania 7 South America

[edit] Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
• Liberia - Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856-1864)
• Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842-1859)
  • Grand Vizier - Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842-1859)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan - Dost Mohammad Khan, King of Afghanistan (1843-1863)
• China
  • Qing Dynasty - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1850-1861)
  • Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping - Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-1864)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iesada, Shogun of Japan (1853-1858)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
• Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)

[edit] Europe

• Abkhazia - Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. Pieter Dedecker, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1855-1857)
    2. Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847-1852, 1857-1868)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1848-1863)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Carl Christofer Georg Andrae, Prime Minister of Denmark (1856-1857)
    2. Carl Christian Hall, Prime Minister of Denmark (1857-1859)
• France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
  • Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
  • Luxembourg
    • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
    • Prime Minister - Mathias Simons, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1853-1860)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
    • Prime Minister - Otto von Manteuffel, Minister-President of Prussia (1850-1858)
  • Bavaria - Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
  • Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
  • Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
  • Württemberg - William, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - Otto, King of Greece (1832-1862)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1855-1857)
    2. Athanasios Miaoulis, Prime Minister of Greece (1857-1862)
• Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - Justinus van der Brugghen, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1856-1858)
• Portugal - Pedro V, King of Portugal (1853-1861)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Sardinia-Piedmont - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia-Piedmont (1849-1878*) *King of Italy beginning in 1861
  • Prime Minister - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont (1852-1861)
  • Savoy
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833-1868)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden (1844-1859)
• Tuscany - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859)
• Two Sicilies - Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-1859)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855-1858)

[edit] Middle East and North Africa

• Egypt - Said, Governor of Egypt (1854-1863)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814-1859)
• Morocco - Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822-1859)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839-1861)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1856-1857)
    2. Mustafa Naili Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1857)
    3. Mustafa Resid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1857-1858)
• Persia - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)

[edit] North America

• Province of Canada: Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
• Costa Rica - Juan Rafael Mora Porras, President of Costa Rica (1849–1859)
• Mexico: Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico (1855–1857)
• United States:
  1. Franklin Pierce, President of the United States (1853–1857)
  2. James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)

[edit] Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (1854-1863)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

[edit] South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Uruguay - Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856-1860)