World leaders in 1853
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1853, 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 1853 →
Major powers in 1853
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Millard Fillmore, then Franklin Pierce
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- George Hamilton-Gordon
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Nicholas I
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Xianfeng
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
- King
- Mutara II Rwogera, then Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Merina Kingdom
- Queen
- Ranavalona I
- Prime minister
- 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
- President
- Francisco Dueñas
Empire of BrazilBrazil history
- Emperor
- Pedro II
First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history
- President
- Juan Mora Porras
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- José Trinidad Cabañas
Miskito CoastNicaragua history
Oriental Republic of UruguayUruguay history
- President
- Juan Francisco Giró
- Triumvir, President
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja
- Triumvir; President
- Fructuoso Rivera
Republic of BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Republic of GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Rafael Carrera
Republic of New GranadaColombia history
- President
- José María Obando
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, then Juan Bautista Ceballos, then Manuel María Lombardini
- Dictator-President
- Santa Anna
State of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- José Gregorio Monagas
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Millard Fillmore, then Franklin Pierce
Asia
Aceh SultanateIndonesia history
Bruneian EmpireBrunei history
- Sultan
- 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
Ottoman EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Abdülmecid I
- Grand Vizier
- Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha, then Mustafa Naili 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
- 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
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Josep Caixal i Estradé
- French Co-Prince
- Napoléon III
Anhalt-Bernburg
- Duke
- Alexander Karl
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold I
- Prime minister
- Henri de Brouckère
Caucasian ImamateRussia history
- Imam
- Shamil
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Frederik VII
- Prime minister
- Christian Albrecht Bluhme, then Anders Sandøe Ørsted
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
Grand Duchy of FinlandFinland history
- Grand Prince
- Nicholas I
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
- Grand Duke
- Peter II
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, then Pedro V
- 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, then Floris Adriaan van Hall
Kingdom of the Two SiciliesItaly history
- King
- Ferdinand II
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Aloys II
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- William III
- Prime minister
- Jean-Jacques Willmar, then Charles-Mathias Simons
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
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Domenico Maria Belzoppi
Saxe-Meiningen
- Duke
- Bernhard II
Second French EmpireFrance history
- Emperor
- Napoleon III
Sweden–Norway
- King
- Oscar I
- First Minister
- Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- George Hamilton-Gordon