List of state leaders in 1870

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)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1868–1870)
    2. Edward James Roye, President of Liberia (1870–1871)
• Rwanda - Kigeli 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)
• Brunei - Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei (1852–1885)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China (1861–1875)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Azzan bin Qais, Sultan of Oman (1868–1871)
• Vietnam (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria -
  1. Count Eduard von Taaffe, Minister-President of Austria (1868–1870)
  2. Ignaz von Plener, Minister-President of Austria (1870)
  3. Leopold Hauser von Artha, Minister-President of Austria (1870)
  4. Count Alfred von Potocki-Pilawa, Minister-President of Austria (1870–1871)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Count Gyula Andrássy, Minister-President of Hungary (1867–1871)
• Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864–1886)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief -
    1. H.-J.-W. Frère-Orban, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1868–1870, 1878–1884)
    2. Jules Joseph d'Anethan, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1870–1871)
• 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)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1869–1870)
    2. Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1870)
    3. Alexandros Koumoundouros, Prime Minister of Greece (1870–1871)
• Holy See - Pope Pius IX (1846–1878, Papal States until 1870)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869–1873)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867–1874)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Pieter Philip van Bosse, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1868–1871
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859–1872)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier - Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1867–1871)
• Portugal -
  • Monarch - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Marquis and Duke of Loulé and Count of Vale dos Reis (1869–1870)
    2. João Carlos Gregório Domingos Vicente Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Count, Marquis, Duke and Marshal of Saldanha (1870)
    3. Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Baron, Viscount and Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (1870)
    4. António José de Ávila, Count and Marquis of Ávila and Duke of Ávila and Bolama (1870–1871)
• 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 Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, 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 - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859–1872)
• Kingdom of Tavolara - Paolo I, King of Tavolara (1845–1886)
• 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 (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867–1879)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859–1873)

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 -
  1. Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868–1870)
  2. Bruno Carranza Ramírez, President of Costa Rica (1870)
  3. Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Haiti - Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869-1874)
• Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867–1872)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji - Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Hawaii - Kamehameha V, King of Hawaiʻi (1863–1872)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti - Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868–1874)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
• Uruguay - Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (1868–1872)