List of state leaders in 1870 - Definition and Overview

List of state leaders in 1869 - Events of 1870 - List of state leaders in 1871 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
• Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
• Bunyoro - Kitahimbwa, Omukama of Bunyoro (1869-1902)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tekle Giyorgis II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1868-1871)
• Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ahmad Rufa'i, Sokoto Caliph (1867-1873)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar -
  1. Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
  2. Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Azzan bin Qais, Sultan of Oman (1868-1871)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
  • Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
• Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Christian Emil, Prime Minister of Denmark (1865-1870)
    2. Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870-1874)
• France -
  • Head of State -
    1. Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
    2. Jules Trochu, President of the Government of National Defense (1870-1871)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Émile Ollivier, Prime Minister of France (1870)
    2. Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao, Prime Minister of France (1870)
    3. Jules Trochu, President of the Council (1870-1871)
• Holy See - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869-1873)
• 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 - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
• Spain -
  • Monarch -
    1. Francisco Serrano y Dominguez, Regent (1869-1870)
    2. Amadeus, King of Spain (1870-1873)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Juan Prim, Prime Minister of Spain (1869-1870)
    2. Juan Bautista Topete Carballo, Acting Prime Minister of Spain (1870-1871)
• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
  • Monarch - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1858-1870)
    2. Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz, Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden (1870-1874)
  • Foreign Minister - Carl Wachtmeister, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway (1868-1871)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
• Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1867-1871)

North America and Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837-1901)
  • Governor General - Lord Lisgar (1869-1872)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
• Costa Rica
  • President -
    1. Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868-1870)
    2. Bruno Carranza Ramírez, Coup d'Etat (1870)
    3. Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870-1876)
• Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867-1872)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869-1877)

South America

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