List of state leaders in 1865 - Definition

List of state leaders in 1864 - Events of 1865 - List of state leaders in 1866 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
• Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859-1866)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1863-1866)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)

Europe

• Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
• Belgium
  1. Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
  2. Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Prime Minister of Denmark (1864-1865)
    2. Christian Emil, Prime Minister of Denmark (1865-1870)
• France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
  • Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
  • Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
  • Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)
• Holy See - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister - Marchese di La Marmora, Prime Minister of Italy (1864-1866)
• Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
• Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859-1872)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Prussia -
  • Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
  • Prime Minister - Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862-1873)
• Romania - Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859-1866)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
  • Chief Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1858-1870)
  • Foreign Minister - Ludvig Manderström, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1858-1868)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859-1865)
    2. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1865-1866)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt - Ismail, Governor of Egypt (1863-1867)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier - Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1863-1866)

North America and Caribbean

• Province of Canada
  • Governor - The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861-1867)
  • Joint Premiers -
    1. Sir Étienne Paschal Taché and Sir John A. Macdonald, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1864-1865)
    2. Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1865-1867)
• Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States (1861-1865)
• Costa Rica - Jesús Jiménez Zamora , President (1863-1866)
• Mexico - Maximilian of Habsburg, Emperor of Mexico (1864-1867)
• United States
  • President -
    1. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861-1865)
    2. Andrew Johnson, President of the United States (1865-1869)

South America

• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)

List of state leaders in 1864 - Events of 1865 - List of state leaders in 1866 - State leaders by year