List of state leaders in 1863 - Events of 1864 - List of state leaders in 1865 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834-1867)
• Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
• Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
• Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
• Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
• Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
• Liberia
  • President -
    1. Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856-1864)
    2. Daniel Bashiel Warner, President of Liberia (1864-1868)
• Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph - Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859-1866)
  • Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
• Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1863-1866)
• Champasak - Kham Suk, King of Champasak (1863-1900)
• China
  • Qing Dynasty - Tongzhi, Emperor of China (1861-1875)
  • Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping -
    1. Hong Xiuquan, King of Heaven (1851-May 1864)
    2. Hong Tianguifu, King of Heaven (May 1854-August 1864)
    3. destroyed by Qing government forces
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kōmei, Emperor of Japan (1846-1867)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemochi, Shogun of Japan (1858-1866)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū (1848-11 March 1879)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) -
  1. Cheoljong, King of Joseon (1849-1864)
  2. Gojong, King of Joseon (1864-1907, Emperor after 1897)
• Oman - Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1856-1866)

Europe

• Abkhazia -
  1. Mikheil, Prince of Abkhazia (1822-1864)
  2. Grigol III, Prince of Abkhazia (1864)
  3. Annexed by Russia (1864)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1831-1865)
  • Cabinet Chief - Charles Rogier, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1847-1852, 1857-1868)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Prime Minister of Denmark (1863-1864)
    2. Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Prime Minister of Denmark (1864-1865)
• France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
• German Confederation - Franz Joseph of Austria, President of the German Confederation (1850-1866)
  • Austria - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1848-1916)
  • Luxembourg
    • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
    • Prime Minister - Victor, Baron de Tornaco, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1860-1867)
  • Prussia -
    • Monarch - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861-1888)
    • Prime Minister - Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (1862-1873)
  • Bavaria -
    • Monarch -
      1. Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
      2. Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
  • Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
  • Hanover - George, King of Hanover (1851-1866)
  • Württemberg -
    • Monarch -
      1. William I, King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
      2. Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)
• Papal States - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
• Hungary - Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary (1848-1916)
• Italy -
  • Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861-1878)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1863-1864)
    2. Marchese di La Marmora, Prime Minister of Italy (1864-1866)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849-1853, 1862-1866, 1871-1872)
• Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859-1872)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
• Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
• Romania - Alexander John Cuza, Prince of Romania (1859-1866)
• Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
• Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859-1872)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
  • Prime Minister - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859-1865)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Zaid ibn Khalifa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1855-1909)
• Egypt - Ismail, Governor of Egypt (1863-1867)
• Morocco - Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859-1873)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
  • Grand Vizier - Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1863-1866)

North America

• Province of Canada:
  • Governor: The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
  • Joint Premiers:
    1. John Sandfield Macdonald and Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1863–1864)
    2. Sir Étienne Paschal Taché and Sir John A. Macdonald, Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (1864–1865)
• Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865)
• Costa Rica - Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1863–1866)
• Mexico:
  • Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, President of Mexico (1863–1864)
  • Maximilian of Habsburg, Emperor of Mexico (1864–1867)
• United States of America: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)

Oceania

• Hawaii - Kamehameha V, King of Hawaiʻi (1863-1872)
• Samoa - Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860-1880)
• Tonga - Tāufaʻāhau, Tu'i Kanokupolu (1845-1893)

South America

• Brazil -
• Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889)
  1. Pedro de Araújo Lima, President of the cabinet of ministers (1862- 1864)
  2. Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos, President of the cabinet of ministers (1864- 1864)
  3. Francisco José Furtado, President of the cabinet of ministers (1864- 1865)

• Uruguay -
  1. Bernardo Berro, President of Uruguay (1860-1864)
  2. Atanasio Aguirre, President of Uruguay (1864-1865)