2 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 ( Qing Dynasty) - Tóngzhì, Emperor of China ( 1861- 1875)
• Japan - Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan ( 1867- 1912)
• Korea - Gojong, King of Choson/Korea ( 1864- 1897/ 1907)
• 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)

3 Europe

• Andorra - Co-Princes
  • Patrice MacMahon, duc de 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)
• Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians ( 1865- 1909)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark ( 1863- 1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman , Prime Minister of Denmark ( 1870- 1874)
    2. Christian Andreas Fonnesbech , Prime Minister of Denmark ( 1874- 1875)
• France -
  • President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France ( 1873- 1879)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Duc de Broglie, President of the Council ( 1873- 1874)
    2. Ernest Courtot de Cissey, President of the Council ( 1874- 1875)
• Germany -
  • Monarch Wilhelm I, German Emperor ( 1871- 1888)
  • Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany ( 1871- 1890)
  • see List of German rulers in 1874
• 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 - Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy ( 1873- 1876)
• 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 , Prince of Montenegro ( 1860- 1910/ 1918/ 1921)
• Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands ( 1849- 1890)
• Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway ( 1872- 1905)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ( 1861- 1876)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal ( 1861- 1889)
• Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania ( 1866- 1881/ 1914)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsarof Russia ( 1855- 1881)
• Serbia - Milan II , Prince of Serbia ( 1868- 1882/ 1889)
• Spain -
  • President - Emilio Castelar y Ripoll , President of Spain ( 1873- 1874)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Emilio Castelar Ripoll , Prime Minister of Spain ( 1873- 1874)
    2. Francisco Serrano Domínguez , Prime Minister of Spain ( 1868- 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
    3. Juan Zavala De La Puente , Prime Minister of Spain ( 1874)
    4. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain ( 1871- 1872, 1874, 1881- 1883, 1885- 1890, 1892- 1895, 1897- 1899)
    5. 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)
  • Chief Minister -
    1. Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden ( 1870- 1874)
    2. Eduard Carleson , Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden ( 1874- 1875)
  • Foreign Minister - Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna , Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden-Norway ( 1872- 1876)
• Switzerland - the seven members of the Swiss Federal Council ( Karl Schenk, Johann Jakob Scherer, Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, Paul Cérésole, Emil Welti, Wilhelm Matthias Näff, Eugène Borel)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1837- 1901)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( 1868- 1874, 1880- 1885, 1886, 1892- 1894)
    2. Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( 1868, 1874- 1880)

4 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-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ( 1861- 1876)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier ( 1873- 1874)
    2. Hüseyin Avni Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier ( 1874- 1875)
• Persia - Nasir ed-Din , Shah of Persia ( 1848- 1896)
• Tunis - Muhammad as-Sadiq , Bey of Tunis ( 1859- 1882)

5 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 - 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)

6 South America

• Argentina -
  1. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina ( 1868- 1874)
  2. Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina ( 1874- 1880)
• Bolivia - Tomás Frías , President of Bolivia ( 1874- 1876)
• Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil ( 1831- 1889)
• Chile - Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile ( 1871- 1876)
• Colombia - Santiago Pérez , President of Colombia ( 1874- 1876)
• Ecuador - Gabrial 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)

1874 Lists of state leaders by year

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