List of state leaders in 1876

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1876.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874–1883)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwezi IV Gisabo (1852–1908)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Glele (1856–1889)
• Ethiopian Empire – Yohannes IV (1871–1889)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1872–1876)
    2. James Spriggs Payne (1876–1878)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Abu Bakr bin Bello (1873–1877)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye (c.1874–1886)
• Sultanate of Zanzibar – Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)
• Zulu – Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872–1884)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Sher Ali Khan (1868–1879)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Momin (1852–1885)
• Kingdom of Burma – Mindon Min (1853–1878)
• Kingdom of Cambodia – Norodom (1860–1904)
• Kingdom of Champasak – Kham Suk (1863–1900)
• China - Guangxu Emperor, Qing dynasty (1875–1908)
• India - Victoria, Empress of India (1876–1901)
• Empire of Japan – Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Ryukyu Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryukyu (1848-11 March 1879)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Kingdom of Luang Phrabang – Unkham (1868–1895)
• Kingdom of Nepal – Surendra Bikram Shah Deva (1847–1881)
• Sultanate of Oman – Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
• Siam – Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868–1910)
• Vietnam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)

Australia and Oceania

• Tonga
  • Monarch – George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1875–1893)
  • Prime Minister - Tevita 'Unga, (1876–1880)

Europe

• Austria-Hungary – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
  • Minister-President of Austria - Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1871–1879)
  • Minister-President of Hungary - Kálmán Tisza (1875–1890)
• Belgium
  • Monarch – Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
  • Cabinet Chief - Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1871–1878, 1884)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian IX (1863–1906)
  • Prime Minister - Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894)
• French Third Republic –
  • President - Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta (1873–1879)
  • President of the Council -
    1. Louis Buffet (1875–1876)
    2. Jules Dufaure (1876)
    3. Jules Simon (1876–1877)
• Germany -
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • see List of German rulers in 1876
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alexandros Koumoundouros (1875–1876)
    2. Epameinondas Deligiorgis (1876)
    3. Alexandros Koumoundouros(1876–1877)
• Papal States – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Marco Minghetti (1873–1876)
    2. Agostino Depretis (1876–1878)
• Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann II (1858–1929)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister - Félix de Blochausen (1874–1885)
• Principality of Monaco – Charles III (1856–1889)
• Principality of Montenegro – Nicholas I (1860–1910/1918/1921)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers - Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877), (1883–1888)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II (1872–1905)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan -
    1. Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
    2. Murad V (1876)
    3. Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1875–1876)
    2. Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1876)
    3. Midhat Pasha (1876–1877)
• Kingdom of Portugal
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers - António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1871–1877)
• United Principalities (Romania) – Carol I (1866–1881/1914)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II (1855–1881)
• San Marino –
  1. Pietro Tonnini and Giuseppe Giacomini, Captains-General (1875–1876)
  2. Gaetano Belluzzi and Sante Lonfernini, Captains-General (1876)
  3. Settimio Belluzzi and Michele Ceccoli, Captains-General (1876–1877)
• Principality of Serbia – Milan II (1868–1882/1889)
• Kingdom of Spain –
  • Monarch – Alfonso XII (1875–1885)
  • Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
• Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer (1876–1880)
• Switzerland – Emil Welti, President of Switzerland (1876)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1868, 1874–1880)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Khedivate of Egypt – Isma'il (1867–1879)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Hassan I (1873–1894)
• Sultanate of Oman – Turki ibn Sa'id (1871–1888)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Nasir ed-Din (1848–1896)
• Beylik of Tunis (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Muhammad as-Sadiq (1859–1882)

North America

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General - Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Alexander Mackenzie (1873–1878)
• Costa Rica –
  1. Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
  2. Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz, President of Costa Rica (1876)
  3. Vicente Herrera Zeledón, President of Costa Rica (1876–1877)
• Dominican Republic –
  1. Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874–1876)
  2. Council of Secretaries of State (1876)
  3. Ulises Francisco Espaillat, President of the Dominican Republic (1876)
  4. Superior Governing Junta (1876)
  5. Ignacio María González, Supreme Chief of the Dominican Republic (1876)
  6. Marcos Antonio Cabral, President of the Provisional Governing Junta of the Dominican Republic (1876)
  7. Buenaventura Báez, Provisional President of the Dominican Republic (1876–1878)
• El Salvador –
  1. Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871–1876)
  2. Andrés del Valle, President of El Salvador (1876)
  3. Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador (1876–1885)
• Guatemala – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873–1885)
• Haiti –
  1. Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874–1876)
  2. Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal, President of Haiti (1876–1879)
• Honduras –
  1. Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874–1876)
  2. Marcelino Mejía, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
  3. Crescencio Gómez, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
  4. José María Medina, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
  5. Marco Aurelio Soto, Provisional President of Honduras (1876–1877)
• Mexico -
  1. Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
  2. Porfirio Diaz, Interim President of Mexico (1876–1877/1880)
• Nicaragua – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875–1879)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Niue – Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
• Samoa – Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti – Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Kingdom of Tonga – George Tupou I (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina – Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
• Bolivia –
  1. Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874–1876)
  2. Hilarión Daza, Provisional President of Bolivia (1876–1879)
• Empire of Brazil –
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, regent (March 1876 - September 1877)
  • President of the cabinet of ministers - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1875–1878)
• Chile –
  1. Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
  2. Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile (1876–1881)
• Colombia –
  1. Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874–1876)
  2. Aquileo Parra, President of Colombia (1876–1878)
• Ecuador –
  1. Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875–1876)
  2. Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876–1878)
• Paraguay – Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874–1877)
• Peru –
  1. Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
  2. Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876–1879)
• Uruguay –
  1. Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875–1876)
  2. Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1876–1879)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870/1873–1877)