List of state leaders in 1477

1476 state leaders - Events of 1477 - 1478 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Baeda Maryam I (1468–1478)
  • Adal Sultanate - Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1488)
• Kingdom of Kongo - João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire - Sunni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire - Axayacatl (1469–1481)
• Inca Empire - Tupac (1471–1493)
• Texcoco - Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom -
  1. Shō Sen'i (1477)
  2. Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - John II (1458–1479)
• Duchy of Burgundy -
  1. Charles I (1467–1477)
  2. Mary (1477–1482)
• Crown of Castile - Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Denmark and Norway - Christian I, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England - (House of York) - Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
• Kingdom of France (Valois Dynasty) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia - Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Kingdom of León - Isabella I of Castile (1474–1504)
• Polish–Lithuanian union - Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Mehmet II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James III (1460–1488)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Sten Sture the Elder, Regent (1470–1497, 1501–1503)
• Principality of Tver - Mikhail III, Grand Prince of Tver (1461–1485)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus - Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt - Qait Bay (1468–1496)