List of state leaders in 1877
State leaders in 1876 - Events of 1877 - State leaders in 1878 - State leaders by year
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Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Mensa Bonsu Kumaa, Asantehene (1874-1883)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
- Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
- Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871-1889)
- Liberia - James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1876-1878)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph -
- Abu Bakr bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1873-1877)
- Mu'adh bin Bello, Sokoto Caliph (1877-1881)
- Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874-1886)
- Caliph -
- Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870-1888)
- Zulu - Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu (1872-1884)
Asia
- Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868-1879)
- Burma - Mindon Min, King of Burma (1853-1878)
- Cambodia - Norodom, King of Cambodia (1860-1904)
- Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
- China - Guāngxù Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (1875-1908)
- India - Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901)
- Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
- Luang Phrabang - Unkham, King of Luang Phrabang (1868-1895)
- Nepal - Surendra Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1847-1881)
- Oman - Turki bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
- Siam - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King of Siam (1868-1910)
- Vietnam - Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (1847-1883)
Europe
- Andorra - Patrice MacMahon, duc de 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)
- Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- Prime Minister - Jakob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Prime Minister of Denmark (1875-1894)
- France -
- President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873-1879)
- Prime Minister -
- Germany -
- Monarch - Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871-1888)
- Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871-1890)
- see also List of German rulers in 1877
- Greece - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863-1913)
- Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846-1878)
- Italy
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
- Prime Minister - Agostino Depretis, Prime Minister of Italy (1876-1878)
- Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858-1929)
- Luxembourg - Guillaume III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890)
- Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856-1889)
- Montenegro - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
- Netherlands -
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
- Prime Minister - Jan Kappeyne van de Copello, Former of the Cabinet (1877-1879)
- Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872-1905)
- Portugal - Luis I, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
- San Marino -
- Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Alfonso XII of Spain, King of Spain (1875-1885)
- Prime Minister - Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874-1875, 1875-1879, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1890-1892, 1895-1897)
- Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- Monarch - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872-1907)
- Prime Minister - Louis Gerhard De Geer, Prime Minister of Sweden (1876-1880)
- Switzerland - Joachim Heer, President of the Swiss Confederation (1877)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister - The Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880)
Middle East and North Africa
- Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
- Egypt - Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1867-1879)
- Morocco - Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894)
- Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Oman (1871-1888)
- Ottoman Empire
- Monarch - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
- Grand Vizier -
- Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1876-1877)
- Tunuslu Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1877-1878)
- Persia - Nasir ed-Din, Shah of Persia (1848-1896)
- Tunis - Muhammad as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis (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 - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1891)
- Costa Rica -
- Vicente Herrera, Acting President of Costa Rica (1876-1877)
- Tomás Guardia, Acting President of Costa Rica (1877-1880/1882)
- 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, President of Nicaragua (1875-1879)
- United States -
South America
- Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874-1880)
- Bolivia - Hilarión Daza, Provisional President of Bolivia (1876-1879)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
- 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 -
- Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874-1877)
- Higinio Uriarte, President of Paraguay (1877-1878)
- Peru - Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876-1879)
- Uruguay - Lorenzo Latorre, Provisional Governor of Uruguay (1876-1879)
- Venezuela -
- Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870-1877)
- Francisco Linares Alcántara, President of Venezuela (1877-1878)