List of state leaders in 1877

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1877.

Africa

• Adanse – Kwaku Nansa Berofon, Adansehene (1876–1886)
• Ashanti Empire – Asantehene Mensa Bonsu (1874–1883)
• Akyem Kotoku – Kotokuhene Nana Attafua (1867–1927)
• 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 – James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1876–1878)
• Opobo - Jaja (1869-1887)[1]
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph -
    1. Abu Bakr bin Bello (1873–1877)
    2. Mu'adh bin Bello (1877–1881)
  • Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye (c.1874–1886)
• Urambo - Mirambo (1860-1884)
• Zanzibar Sultanate – Barghash ibn Sa'id (1870–1888)
• Zulu Kingdom – Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872–1884)

Asia

• Emirate of Afghanistan – Sher Ali Khan (1868–1879)
• Kingdom of Burma (Konbaung Dynasty) – 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)
  • Chancellor of the Realm – Sanjō Sanetomi (1871–1885)
  • Ryukyu Domain - Shō Tai, King of Ryukyu (1848–11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gojong (1864–1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Kingdom of Luang Phrabang – Unkham (1868–1895)
• Kingdom of Nepal – Surendra (1847–1881)
• Sultanate of Muscat and Oman – Turki bin Said (1871–1888)
• Rajpipla State - Gambhirsinhji II (1860-1897)
• Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam – Chulalongkorn (Rama V) (1868–1910)
• Empire of Vietnam (Nguyễn dynasty) - Tự Đức (1847–1883)

Europe

• Andorra – Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta (President of France) and Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel), co-Princes (1873–1879 and 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 - 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. Jules Simon (1876–1877)
    2. Duc de Broglie (1877)
    3. Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1877)
    4. Jules Armand Dufaure (1877–1879)
• German Empire –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm I (1871–1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
• Kingdom of Greece –
  • Monarch – George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alexandros Koumoundouros (1876–1877)
    2. Epameinondas Deligiorgis (1877)
    3. Alexandros Koumoundouros (1877)
    4. Constantine Kanaris (1877)
    5. Alexandros Koumoundouros (1877–1878)
• Holy See – Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Kingdom of Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele II (1861–1878)
  • Prime Minister - 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)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands –
  • Monarch – William III (1849–1890)
  • Chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers -
    1. Jan Heemskerk (1874–1877, 1883–1888)
    2. Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1877–1879)
• Kingdom of Norway – Union between Sweden and Norway - Oscar II (1872–1905)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Monarch – Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Midhat Pasha (1876–1877)
    2. Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (1877–1878)
• Kingdom of Portugal
  • Monarch – Luís I (1861–1889)
  • President of the Council of Ministers -
    1. António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1871–1877)
    2. Marquess of Ávila (1877–1878)
• Romanian principalities – Carol I (1866–1881/1914)
• Russian Empire – Alexander II (1855–1881)
• San Marino –
  1. Settimio Belluzzi and Michele Ceccoli, Captains-General (1876–1877)
  2. Innocenzo Bonelli and Andrea Barbieri, Captains-General (1877)
  3. Giuliano Belluzzi and Pietro Ugolini, Captains-General (1877–1878)
• 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)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Union between Sweden and Norway
  • Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
  • Prime Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer (1876–1880)
• Switzerland – Joachim Heer, President of the Swiss Confederation (1877)
• United Kingdom –
  • Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
  • Prime Minister - The Earl of Beaconsfield (1868, 1874–1880)

Middle East and North Africa

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

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
  • Governor General - Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872–1878)
  • Prime Minister - Alexander Mackenzie (1873–1878)
• Costa Rica –
  1. Vicente Herrera Zeledón, President of Costa Rica (1876–1877)
  2. Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1877–1882)
• Dominican Republic – Buenaventura Báez, President of the Dominican Republic (1876–1878)
• El Salvador – Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador (1876–1885)
• Guatemala – Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873–1885)
• Haiti – Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal, President of Haiti (1876–1879)
• Honduras – Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras (1876–1883)
• Mexico - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1876–1880)
• Nicaragua – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875–1879)
• United States -
  1. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)
  2. Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States (1877–1881)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kalākaua (1874–1891)
• Mangareva – Bernardo Putairi, Regent of Mangareva (1873–1881)
• Niue – Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
• Samoa – Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
• Kingdom of Tahiti –
  1. Pōmare IV (1827–1877)
  2. Pōmare V (1877–1880)
• Kingdom of Tonga –
  • Monarch – George Tupou I (1845–1893)
  • Prime Minister - Tevita 'Unga (1876–1880)

South America

• Argentina – Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
• Bolivia – 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 – Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile (1876–1881)
• Colombia – Aquileo Parra, President of Colombia (1876–1878)
• Ecuador – Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876–1878/1883)
• Paraguay –
  1. Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874–1877)
  2. Higinio Uriarte, President of Paraguay (1877–1878)
• Peru – Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876–1879)
• Uruguay – Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1876–1879)
• Venezuela –
  1. Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877)
  2. Francisco Linares Alcántara, President of Venezuela (1877–1878)

References

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