List of state leaders in 1685

1684 state leaders - Events of 1685 - 1686 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1685
• List of colonial governors in 1685

Africa

• Bamun - Koutou, Sultan of Bamun (1672–1757)
• Dahomey -
  1. Houegbadja, King of Dahomey (1645–1685)
  2. Akaba, King of Dahomey (1685–1708)
• Ethiopia -
  1. Iyasu I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1682–1706)
  2. Yeshaq Iyasu, Pretender (1685)
• Wolof Empire - Bakar Penda (1670–1711)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) - Kangxi, Emperor of China (1662–1722)
• Garhwal - Fateh Shah, King of Garhwal (1684-1716)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Reigen, Emperor of Japan (1663–1687)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Shogun of Japan (1680–1709)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tei, King of Ryūkyū (1669–1709)
• Kahlur - Bhim Chand, Raja of Kahlur
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sukjong, King of Joseon (1674–1720)
• Mughal Empire - Aurangzeb
• Sintang - Sri Paduka Sultan Muhammad Shams ud-din Sa'id ul-Khairiwaddien Sultan Nata, Sultan of Sintang (1672–1738)
• Sirmur - Mat Prakash, Raja of Sirmur (1684-1704)

Europe

• Denmark–Norway - Christian V, King of Denmark (1670–1699)
• England -
  1. Charles II, King of England (1660–1685) - also King of Scotland
  2. James II, King of England (1685–1689)
• France - Louis XIV, King of France (1643–1715)
• Holy Roman Empire - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658–1705)
• Electors
  • Bavaria - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
  • Bohemia - Leopold I, King of Bohemia (1657–1705)
  • Brandenburg - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, 1640–1688
  • Cologne -
  • Mainz -
  • Saxony -
  • Trier -
• Ottoman ( Turkish ) Empire
  • Sultan - Mehmet IV, the Hunter, Ottoman Sultan (1648–1687)
    1. Grand vizier - Kara İbrahim Pasha (1683–1685)
    2. Grand vizier - Sarı Süleyman Pasha (1685–1687)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674–1696)
• Portugal - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1667–1706)
• Russia - Peter I and Ivan V, Tsars of Russia (1682–1696)
• Savoy - Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (1675–1730)
• Scotland -
  1. Charles II, King of Scotland (1660–1685) - also King of England
  2. James VII, King of Scotland (1685–1689)
• Spain - Charles II, King of Spain (1665–1700)
• Tuscany - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - Prince William III of Orange, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1672–1702)
    • Holland - Grand Pensionary Gaspar Fagel of Holland (1672–1688)