World leaders in 1823

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1823, 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 1823 →

Major powers in 1823

United StatesUnited States history

President
James Monroe

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
Robert Jenkinson

Russian EmpireRussia history

Qing dynastyChina history

Emperor
Daoguang

Bourbon Restoration of FranceFrance history

Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history

Emperor
Ninkō

Africa

BasutolandLesotho history

King or Paramount Chief
Moshoeshoe I

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Ethiopian Empire

Emperor
Gigar

Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history

Kingdom of AshantiGhana history

Asantehene
Osei Bonsu

Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)

Merina Kingdom

Morocco: Alaouite dynasty

Americas

Empire of BrazilBrazil history

Emperor
Pedro I

Estado de ChileChile history

Supreme Director
Bernardo O'Higgins
Interim Supreme Director
Ramón Freire

Federal Republic of Central AmericaGuatemala history

Chief Political Officer
Vicente Filisola

Gran ColombiaColombia history

Miskito CoastNicaragua history

Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)Haiti history

Republic of PeruPeru history

United StatesUnited States history

President
James Monroe

Asia

Aceh SultanateIndonesia history

Johor SultanateIndonesia history

Joseon

King
Sunjo

Kingdom of VientianeLaos history

Konbaung dynasty

Ottoman EmpireTurkey history

Sultan
Mahmud II

Qing dynastyChina history

Emperor
Daoguang

Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history

Selangor SultanateMalaysia history

Sheikhdom of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history

Sheikhdom of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh
Jaber I

Sheikhdom of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history

Sheikhdom of Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history

Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history

Emperor
Ninkō

Yemeni Zaidi StateYemen history

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

Europe

Andorra

French Co-Prince
Louis XVIII

Anhalt-Bernburg

Anhalt-Köthen

Bourbon Restoration of FranceFrance history

DenmarkDenmark history

Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Croatia history

Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history

Kingdom of Hanover

Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaItaly history

Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history

Kingdom of Sardinia, Duchy of SavoyItaly history

King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy
Charles Felix

Kingdom of Saxony

Kingdom of Spain (1810–1873)Spain history

Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history

Liechtenstein

LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duke
William I

MoldaviaRomania history

Papal States

Pope
Pius VII, then Leo XII

Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Prince
George II

Principality of WallachiaRomania history

Russian EmpireRussia history

Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Saxe-Meiningen

Sweden–Norway

First Minister
Jonas Collett

United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
Robert Jenkinson

Oceania

Hawaiian KingdomUnited States history

Kingdom of Huahine