List of state leaders in 1876
State leaders in 1875 - Events of 1876 - State leaders in 1877 - State leaders by year
Africa
Asia
- Afghanistan - Shir Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1868–1879)
- Brunei - Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei (1852–1885)
- 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 (Nguyễn Dynasty) - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (1847–1883)
Australia and Oceania
Europe
- Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France -
- Germany -
- Greece -
- Papal States - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846–1878)
- Italy
- Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858–1929)
- Luxembourg
- Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
- Montenegro - Nicholas I, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
- Netherlands -
- Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872–1905)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855–1881)
- San Marino -
- Pietro Tonnini and Giuseppe Giacomini, Captains-General (1875–1876)
- Gaetano Belluzzi and Sante Lonfernini, Captains-General (1876)
- Settimio Belluzzi and Michele Ceccoli, Captains-General (1876–1877)
- Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
- Spain -
- Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Switzerland - Emil Welti, President of Switzerland (1876)
- United Kingdom -
Middle East and North Africa
North America
- Canada
- Costa Rica -
- Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
- Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz, President of Costa Rica (1876)
- Vicente Herrera Zeledón, President of Costa Rica (1876–1877)
- Dominican Republic -
- Ignacio María González, President of the Dominican Republic (1874–1876)
- Council of Secretaries of State (1876)
- Ulises Francisco Espaillat, President of the Dominican Republic (1876)
- Superior Governing Junta (1876)
- Ignacio María González, Supreme Chief of the Dominican Republic (1876)
- Marcos Antonio Cabral, President of the Provisional Governing Junta of the Dominican Republic (1876)
- Buenaventura Báez, Provisional President of the Dominican Republic (1876–1878)
- El Salvador -
- Santiago González, President of El Salvador (1871–1876)
- Andrés del Valle, President of El Salvador (1876)
- Rafael Zaldivar, President of El Salvador (1876–1885)
- Guatemala - Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala (1873–1885)
- Haiti -
- Michel Domingue, President of Haiti (1874–1876)
- Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal, President of Haiti (1876–1879)
- Honduras -
- Ponciano Leiva, President of Honduras (1874–1876)
- Marcelino Mejía, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
- Crescencio Gómez, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
- José María Medina, Provisional President of Honduras (1876)
- Marco Aurelio Soto, Provisional President of Honduras (1876–1877)
- Mexico -
- Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico (1872–1876)
- Porfirio Diaz, Interim President of Mexico (1876–1877/1880)
- Nicaragua - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, President of Nicaragua (1875–1879)
- United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)
Oceania
South America
- Argentina - Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina (1874–1880)
- Bolivia -
- Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia (1874–1876)
- Hilarión Daza, Provisional President of Bolivia (1876–1879)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
- Chile -
- Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile (1871–1876)
- Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile (1876–1881)
- Colombia -
- Santiago Pérez, President of Colombia (1874–1876)
- Aquileo Parra, President of Colombia (1876–1878)
- Ecuador -
- Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, President of Ecuador (1875–1876)
- Ignacio de Veintemilla, Supreme Chief of Ecuador (1876–1878)
- Paraguay - Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay (1874–1877)
- Peru -
- Manuel Pardo, President of Peru (1872–1876)
- Mariano Ignacio Prado, President of Peru (1876–1879)
- Uruguay -
- Pedro Varela, President of Uruguay (1875–1876)
- Lorenzo Latorre, President of Uruguay (1876–1879)
- Venezuela - Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870/1873-1877)