List of state leaders in 1518

1517 state leaders - Events of 1518 - 1519 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Kingdom of Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/1534)
• Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)

Americas

• Aztec Empire - Moctezuma II (1502–1520)
• Inca Empire - Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

• Bhaktapur - Raya Malla, King of Baktapur (1482–1519)
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
• Cochin - Unniraman Koyikal II, King of Cochin (1503-1537)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshitane (1508–1521)
• Khanate of Khiva - Ilbars I (1515–1525)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Sunda Kingdom - Sri Baduga Maharaja (1482–1521)
• Vijayanagara Empire - Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Charles I (1516–1556)
• Crown of Castile
  • Queen - Joanna (1504–1555)
  • Regent - Charles I, King of Aragon (1556–1556)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Christian II, King of Denmark and Norway (1513–1523)
  • Duchy of Schleswig - Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England - Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France - Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian I (1493–1519)
  • Duchy of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio - Alfonso I d'Este (1505–1534)
  • Duchy of Holstein - Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Marquisate of Mantua - Francesco II Gonzaga (1466–1519)
  • Duchy of Urbino - Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1508–1534)
  • Duchy of Savoy - Charles III of Savoy (1504–1553)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Louis II (1516–1526)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow - Vasili III of Russia (1505–1533)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Selim I, the Grim (1512–1520)
• Papal States - Leo X, Pope (1513–1521)
• Kingdom of Poland - Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Manuel I (1495–1521)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James V (1513–1542)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Sten Sture the Younger, Regent of Sweden (1512–1520)
• Republic of Venice - Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1521)