List of state leaders in 1868 - Events of 1869 - List of state leaders in 1870 - State leaders by year

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

[edit] Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
• Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
• Bunyoro -
  1. Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
  2. Kitahimbwa, Omukama of Bunyoro (1869-1902)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tekle Giyorgis II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1868-1871)
• Liberia - James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1868-1870)
• Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867-1873)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (de jure 1861-1875); Empress Dowager Cixi (de facto 1869-1909)
• Ezo - Enomoto Takeaki, President of the Republic of Ezo (1868-1869)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Azzan bin Qais, Sultan of Oman (1868-1871)

[edit] Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1868-1870)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Count Gyula Andrássy, Minister-President of Hungary (1867-1871)
• Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868-1870, 1878-1884)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister - Christian Emil, Prime Minister of Denmark (1865-1870)
• France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1868-1869)
    2. Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1869-1870)
• Papal States - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Luigi Menabrea, Prime Minister of Italy (1867-1869)
    2. Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869-1873)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867-1874)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - Pieter Philip van Bosse, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1868-1871
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859-1872)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
  • Prime Minister - Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862-1873)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
• Spain -
  • Monarch - Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Regent (1869-1870)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868-1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    2. Juan Prim, Prime Minister of Spain (1869-1870)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
• Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)

[edit] Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1867-1871)

[edit] North America and Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
  • Governor General -
    1. Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor General of Canada (1867-1869)
    2. Lord Lisgar, Governor General of Canada (1869-1872)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
• Costa Rica - Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868–1870)
• Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867-1872)
• United States
  • President -
    1. Andrew Johnson, President of the United States (1865-1869)
    2. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

[edit] Oceania

• Fiji - Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852-1874)
• Hawaii - Kamehameha V, King of Hawaiʻi (1863-1872)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
• Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827-1877)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

[edit] South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
• Uruguay - Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868-1872)