List of state leaders in 1808 - Definition

1807 state leaders - Events of 1808 - 1809 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804-1824)
• Buganda - Semakokiro, King of Buganda (1771-1814)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786-1835)
• Burundi - Ntare IV Rugamba, King of Burundi (1796-1852)
• Dahomey - Adandozan, King of Dahomey (1797-1818)
• Ethiopia - Egwale Seyon Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1801-1818)
• Fulani Empire - Usman dan Fodio, Fulani Caliph (1804-1814)
• Mayotte - Suhali bin Salim, Sultan of Mayotte (1807-1817)
• Ndzuwani - Alawi bin Husain, Sultan of Ndzuwani (1796-1816)
• Rwanda - Yuhi III, Mwami of Rwanda (1797-1830)
• Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  • Kabul - Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803-1809)
  • Kandahar -
    1. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803-1809)
    2. Kandahar secedes from Kabul control
    3. Mahmud Shah, King of Kandahar (1808)
    4. Kandahar returns to Kabul control
    5. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803-1809)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (1796-1820)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sunjo, King of Joseon (1800-1834)

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch - George III, King of the United Kingdom (1760-1820)
  • Governor - Captain William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales (1806-1808)

Europe

• Andorra -
  • Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgel (1797-1816)
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1804-1814)
• Denmark
  • Monarch -
    1. Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
    2. Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
  • Prime Minister - Christian Gunther, Minister of State of Denmark (1797-1810)
• France - Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1804-1814)
• Portugal - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Heinrich Friedrich Karl, baron von und zum Stein, Minister of State (1807-1808)
    2. Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander von Dohna-Schlobitten (1808-1810)
• Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
• Spain -
  1. Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
  2. Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1808, 1814-1833)
  3. Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain (1808-1813)
• Sweden - Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden (1792-1809)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - George III, King of the United Kingdom (1760-1820)
  • Prime Minister - William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1807-1809)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793-1816)
• Morocco - Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792-1822)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch -
  1. Mustafa IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1807-1808)
  2. Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Çelebi Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1807-1808)
    2. Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1808)
    3. Memis Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1808)
    4. Çarhaci Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1808-1809)

North America and the Caribbean

• United States - Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801-1809)