World leaders in 1808
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1808, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1808 →
Major powers in 1808
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Thomas Jefferson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George III
- Prime minister
- William Cavendish-Bentinck
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Alexander I
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Jiaqing
First French EmpireFrance history
- Emperor
- Napoleon I
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Kōkaku
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Egwale Seyon
Hamaj Regency of the Funj SultanateSudan history
- Sultan
- Badi VII
Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history
- Khedive
- Muhammad Ali
Kingdom of AshantiGhana history
- Asantehene
- Osei Bonsu
Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)
- King
- Ndvungunye
Merina Kingdom
Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Slimane
Pate Sultanate
- Mfalume
- Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr
Americas
Miskito CoastNicaragua history
Republic of Haiti (1806–1820)Haiti history
- President
- Alexandre Pétion
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Thomas Jefferson
Asia
Aceh SultanateIndonesia history
Emirate of DiriyahSaudi Arabia history
- Imam
- Saud al-Kabeer
Johor SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Mahmud Shah III
Joseon
- King
- Sunjo
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Kingdom of VientianeLaos history
- King
- Anouvong
Konbaung dynasty
- King
- Bodawpaya
Ottoman EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Mustafa IV, then Mahmud II
- Grand Vizier
- Alemdar Mustafa Pasha
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Jiaqing
Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history
- King
- Rama I
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Ibrahim Shah
Sheikhdom of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Abdullah I
Sheikhdom of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Kōkaku
Yemeni Zaidi StateYemen history
- Imam
- al-Mansur Ali I
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono II
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros
- French Co-Prince
- Napoleon I
Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Dessau
- Duke
- Leopold III
Anhalt-Köthen
Bourbon SpainSpain history
- King
- Charles IV, then Ferdinand VII
Denmark–NorwayDenmark history
- King of Denmark and Norway
- Christian VII
- King of Denmark; King of Norway
- Frederick VI
Duchy of WarsawPoland history
Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
First French EmpireFrance history
- Emperor
- Napoleon I
Gustavian era SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustav IV Adolf
Kingdom of Bavaria
- King
- Maximillian IV
Kingdom of Bohemia
- King
- Francis II
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Croatia history
- King
- Francis
- Ban
- Ignác Gyulay
Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history
- King
- Francis II
Kingdom of ImeretiGeorgia history
- King
- Solomon II
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)Italy history
- King
- Napoleon
Kingdom of NaplesItaly history
- King
- Joseph I
Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history
- Queen
- Maria I
Kingdom of Sardinia, Duchy of SavoyItaly history
- King of Sardinia
- Victor Emmanuel I
Kingdom of Saxony
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Johann I Josef
MoldaviaRomania history
- Prince
- Scarlat Callimachi
Napoleonic SpainSpain history
- King
- Joseph Bonaparte
- Prime minister
- Mariano Luis de Urquijo
Papal States
- Pope
- Pius VII
Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince
- Friedrich Karl August
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Alexander I
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Duke
- Augustus
Saxe-Meiningen
- Duke
- Bernhard II
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George III
- Prime minister
- William Cavendish-Bentinck