List of state leaders in 1874

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1874.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Kofi Karikari, Asantehene (1867–1874)
  2. Kwabena Dwomo, Regent (1874)
  3. 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)
• Kingdom of Jimma - Abba Gomol (1862-1878)
• Kingdom of Kaffa -
• Kingdom of Kongo - Pedro V of Kongo (1859-1891)
• Liberia – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia (1872–1876)
• Opobo - Jaja (1869-1887)[1]
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Abu Bakr bin Bello (1873–1877)
  • Grand Vizier
    1. Ibrahim Khalilu (1859–c.1874)
    2. Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye (c.1874–1886)
• Urambo - Mirambo (1860-1884)
• 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 (Qing dynasty) - Tongzhi Emperor (1861–1875)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Meiji (1867–1912)
  • Chancellor of the Realm – Sanjō Sanetomi (1871–1885)
  • 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)
• Rajpipla State - Gambhirsinhji II (1860-1897)
• Siam – Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868–1910)
• Vietnam (Nguyễn dynasty) – Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)

Europe

• Andorra – Co-Princes
  • Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta (President of France, 1873–1879)
  • Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853–1879),
• 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
  1. József Szlávy (1872–1874)
  2. István Bittó (1874–1875)
• 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
    1. Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman (1870–1874)
    2. Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1874–1875)
• French Third Republic
  • President – Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta (1873–1879)
  • President of the Council
    1. Duc de Broglie (1873–1874)
    2. Ernest Courtot de Cissey (1874–1875)
• Germany
  • Monarch Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
  • see List of German rulers in 1874
• Kingdom of Greece
  • Monarch – George I (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister
    1. Epameinondas Deligiorgis (1872–1874)
    2. Dimitrios Voulgaris (1874–1875)
• Holy See – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister – Marco Minghetti (1873–1876)
• Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann II (1858–1929)
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Monarch – William III of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Prime Minister
    1. Emmanuel Servais (1867–1874)
    2. Félix de Blochausen (1874–1885)
• Principality of Monaco – Charles III (1856–1889)
• Principality of Montenegro – Nicholas (1860–1910/1918/1921)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch – William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers
    1. Gerrit de Vries (1872–1874)
    2. Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877), (1883–1888)
• Sweden–Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872–1905)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Abdülaziz (1861–1876)
  • Grand Vizier
    1. Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1872–1873)
    2. Mehmed Esad Pasha (1873)
    3. Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha (1873–1874)
• 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)
• Principality of Serbia – Milan II (1868–1882/1889)
• Kingdom of Spain
  • President – Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (1873–1874)
  • Prime Minister
    1. Emilio Castelar Ripoll (1873–1874)
    2. Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    3. Juan de Zavala, 1st Marquis of Sierra Bullones (1874)
    4. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
    5. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
• Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II (1872–1907)
• Switzerland – the seven members of the Swiss Federal Council (Karl Schenk, Johann Jakob Scherer, Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, Paul Cérésole, Emil Welti, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Eugène Borel)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister
    1. William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
    2. Benjamin Disraeli (1868, 1874–1880)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855–1909)
• Khedivate of Egypt (Under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) – 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 and the Caribbean

• 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 – Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
• Dominican Republic – Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874–1876)
• El Salvador – Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871–1876)
• Guatemala – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873–1885)
• Haiti –
  1. Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869–1874)
  2. Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874–1876)
• Honduras –
  1. Céleo Arias, President of Honduras (1872–1876)
  2. Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874–1876)
• Mexico - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
• Nicaragua – Vicente Quadra, President of Nicaragua (1871–1875)
• United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)

Oceania

• Fiji
  1. Seru Epenisa Cakobau, King of Fiji (1852–1874)
• Kingdom of Hawaii
  1. Lunalilo (1873–1874)
  2. Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Mangareva – Bernardo Putairi, Regent of Mangareva (1873–1881)
• Samoa – Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Tahiti – Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
• Tonga – Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845–1893)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868–1874)
  2. Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
• Bolivia – Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874–1876)
• Empire of Brazil
  • Monarch – Pedro II (1831–1889)
  • President of the cabinet of ministers - José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1871–1875)
• Chile – Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
• Colombia – Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874–1876)
• Ecuador – Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador (1869–1875)
• Paraguay – Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874–1877)
• Peru – Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
• Uruguay – José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay (1873–1875)
• Venezuela – Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)

References

1. Sylvanus John Sodienye Cookey King Jaja of the Niger Delta: His Life and imes 1821-1891