World leaders in 1852
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1852, 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 1852 →
Major powers in 1852
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Millard Fillmore
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- John Russell, then Edward Smith-Stanley, then George Hamilton-Gordon
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Xianfeng
French Second RepublicFrance history
- President
- Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Second French EmpireFrance history
- Emperor
- Napoleon III
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Kōmei
Africa
BasutolandLesotho history
- King or Paramount Chief
- Moshoeshoe I
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Sahle Dengel
Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)
- King
- Mswati II
Kingdom of Rwanda
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Merina Kingdom
- Queen
- Ranavalona I
- Prime minister
- Rainiharo, then Rainivoninahitriniony
Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Abd al-Rahman
Oyo EmpireNigeria history
- Alaafin
- Atiba Atobatele
Americas
Conservative Republic of ChileChile history
- President
- Manuel Montt
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- Acting President
- Francisco Dueñas, then José María San Martín
- President
- Francisco Dueñas
Empire of BrazilBrazil history
- Emperor
- Pedro II
First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history
- President
- Juan Mora Porras
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Lindo, then José Trinidad Cabañas
Miskito CoastNicaragua history
Oriental Republic of UruguayUruguay history
- Acting, Disputed with Manuel Oribe
- Joaquín Suárez
- President
- Juan Francisco Giró
Republic of BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Republic of GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Rafael Carrera
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Carlos Antonio López
Republic of PeruPeru history
- President
- José Rufino Echenique
Second Empire of HaitiHaiti history
- Emperor
- Faustin Soulouque
Second Federal Republic of MexicoMexico history
- President
- Mariano Arista
State of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- José Gregorio Monagas
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Millard Fillmore
Asia
Aceh SultanateIndonesia history
Bruneian EmpireBrunei history
- Sultan
- Omar Ali Saifuddin II, then Abdul Momin
Emirate of Afghanistan: Barakzai dynastyAfghanistan history
Emirate of BukharaUzbekistan history
Emirate of NejdSaudi Arabia history
Johor SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Ali
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Khanate of KokandUzbekistan history
Kingdom of Luang PhrabangLaos history
- King
- Chantharath
Konbaung dynasty
- King
- Pagan
Ottoman EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Abdülmecid I
- Grand Vizier
- Mustafa Reşid Pasha, then Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, then Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, then Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha
Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Abdullah Muhammad Shah I
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Xianfeng
Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history
- King
- Mongkut
Ryukyu Kingdom: Second Shō dynastyJapan history
- King
- Shō Tai
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Muhammad Shah
Sheikhdom of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history
- ruler
- Maktoum bin Butti bin Suhail, then Saeed bin Butti
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Jaber I
Sheikhdom of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Omar Riayat Shah
Tokugawa shogunate of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Kōmei
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono V
Europe
Andorra
- French Co-Prince
- Napoléon III
Anhalt-Bernburg
- Duke
- Alexander Karl
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold I
- Prime minister
- Charles Rogier, then Henri de Brouckère
Caucasian ImamateRussia history
- Imam
- Shamil
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Frederik VII
- Prime minister
- Adam Wilhelm Moltke, then Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Duchy of Holstein
- Duke
- Frederik VII
Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867)
- Duke
- William III
Duchy of Nassau
- Duke
- Adolphe
Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
French Second RepublicFrance history
- President
- Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Grand Duchy of FinlandFinland history
- Grand Prince
- Nicholas I
Kingdom of Bavaria
- King
- Maximilian II
Kingdom of Bohemia
- King
- Francis Joseph
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Croatia history
- King
- Franz Joseph
Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history
- King
- Francis Joseph I
Kingdom of GreeceGreece history
- King
- Otto
- Prime minister
- Antonios Kriezis
Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaItaly history
- King
- Francis Joseph I
Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history
- Queen
- Maria II
- King
- Ferdinand II
- Prime minister
- João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun
Kingdom of Sardinia, Duchy of SavoyItaly history
- King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy
- Victor Emmanuel II
Kingdom of Spain (1810–1873)Spain history
- Queen
- Isabella II
Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history
- King
- William III
- Prime minister
- Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
Kingdom of the Two SiciliesItaly history
- King
- Ferdinand II
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Aloys II
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- William III
- Prime minister
- Jean-Jacques Willmar
MoldaviaRomania history
- Prince
- Grigore Alexandru Ghica
Papal States
- Pope
- Pius IX
Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince
- George Victor
Principality of WallachiaRomania history
- Prince
- Barbu Știrbei
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Saxe-Meiningen
- Duke
- Bernhard II
Second French EmpireFrance history
- Emperor
- Napoleon III
Sweden–Norway
- King
- Oscar I
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Jonas Furrer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- John Russell, then Edward Smith-Stanley, then George Hamilton-Gordon