World leaders in 1874
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1874, 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 1874 →
Major powers in 1874
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Ulysses S. Grant
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- William Ewart Gladstone, then Benjamin Disraeli
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Alexander II
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Tongzhi
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Patrice de Mac-Mahon
German EmpireGermany history
- Emperor
- William I
- Chancellor
- Otto von Bismarck
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Meiji
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
- Grand vizier
- Hayreddin Pasha
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Yohannes IV
Khedivate of EgyptEgypt history
- Khedive
- Isma'il Pasha
Kingdom of AshantiGhana history
- Asantehene
- Mensa Bonsu
Kingdom of Rwanda
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Merina Kingdom
- Queen
- Ranavalona II
- Prime minister
- Rainilaiarivony
Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Hassan I
Sultanate of Zanzibar
- Sultan
- Barghash
Americas
Argentine RepublicArgentina history
- President
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, then Nicolás Avellaneda
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- Alexander Mackenzie
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- President
- Santiago González
Empire of BrazilBrazil history
- Emperor
- Pedro II
HondurasHonduras history
- Provisional President
- Céleo Arias
- President
- Ponciano Leiva
Liberal Republic of ChileChile history
- President
- Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- José Vicente Cuadra
Oriental Republic of UruguayUruguay history
- President
- José Eugenio Ellauri
Republic of BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Adolfo Ballivián, then Tomás Frías Ametller
Republic of EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- Gabriel García Moreno
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Juan Bautista Gill
Republic of PeruPeru history
- President
- Manuel Pardo
Second Haitian RepublicHaiti history
- President
- Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget, then Michel Domingue
United Mexican StatesMexico history
- President
- Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Ulysses S. Grant
United States of ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Manuel Murillo Toro, then Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas
United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Asia
Aceh SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Alauddin Mahmud Syah II
Bruneian EmpireBrunei history
- Sultan
- Abdul Momin
Emirate of Afghanistan: Barakzai dynastyAfghanistan history
- Emir
- Sher Ali Khan
Emirate of BukharaUzbekistan history
Emirate of NejdSaudi Arabia history
- Imam
- Saud ibn Faisal
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Meiji
Hakims of BahrainBahrain history
Joseon
- King
- Gojong
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Khanate of KokandUzbekistan history
Kingdom of ChampasakLaos history
- King
- Kham Souk
Konbaung dynasty
- King
- Mindon
Ottoman EmpireTurkey history
- Sultan
- Abdülaziz
- Grand Vizier
- Hüseyin Avni Pasha
Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history
Qing dynastyChina history
- Emperor
- Tongzhi
Rattanakosin Kingdom of SiamThailand history
- King
- Chulalongkorn
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Abdul Samad
Sheikhdom of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history
- ruler
- Hasher bin Maktoum
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Abdullah II
Sheikhdom of Ras Al KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history
Sheikhdom of Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Surakarta SunanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Pakubuwono IX
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Omar Riayat Shah
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono VI
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Josep Caixal i Estradé
- French Co-Prince
- Patrice de Mac-Mahon
Austria-Hungary: Archduchy/ Austrian Empire/ Kingdom of Hungary
- Emperor and King
- Franz Joseph I
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold II
- Prime minister
- Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, then Jules Malou
Bourbon Restoration of SpainSpain history
- King
- Alfonso XII
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian IX
- Council president
- Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, then Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
First Spanish RepublicSpain history
- President
- Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, then Francisco Serrano y Domínguez
- Prime minister
- Juan de Zavala, then Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Patrice de Mac-Mahon
German EmpireGermany history
- Emperor
- William I
- Chancellor
- Otto von Bismarck
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
- Grand Duke
- Peter II
Kingdom of Bavaria
- King
- Ludwig II
Kingdom of Bohemia
- King
- Francis Joseph
Kingdom of Croatia-SlavoniaCroatia history
- King
- Franz Joseph
Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaUkraine history
- King
- Francis Joseph I
Kingdom of GreeceGreece history
- King
- George I
- Prime minister
- Epameinondas Deligeorgis, then Dimitrios Voulgaris
Kingdom of ItalyItaly history
- Prime minister
- Marco Minghetti
Kingdom of PortugalPortugal history
- King
- Luís I
Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history
- King
- William III
- Prime minister
- Gerrit de Vries, then Jan Heemskerk
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Johann II
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- William III
- Prime minister
- Emmanuel Servais, then Félix de Blochausen
Monaco
- Prince
- Charles III
Papal States
- Pope
- Pius IX
Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince
- George Victor
Russian EmpireRussia history
- Emperor
- Alexander II
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Marino Fattori, then Domenico Fattori
Sweden–Norway
- King
- Oscar II
- Prime minister
- Otto Richard Kierulf, then Frederik Stang
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Karl Schenk
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Victoria
- Prime minister
- William Ewart Gladstone, then Benjamin Disraeli
United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia/ Romanian United Principalities/ RomaniaRomania history
- Domnitor
- Carol I
Oceania
Hawaiian KingdomUnited States history
- King
- Kalākaua
Kings of Uvea (Wallis)
Malietoa dynasty
- Malietoa
- Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe'a