List of state leaders in 1486

1485 state leaders - Events of 1486 - 1487 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Eskender (1478–1494)
  • 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 -
  1. Tízoc (1481–1486)
  2. Auitzotl (1486–1502)
• 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 - Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Duchy of Burgundy -
  • Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
  • Regent - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1482–1594)
• Crimean Khanate - Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Denmark and Norway - John I, King of Denmark (1481–1513), King of Norway (1481–1513)
• Kingdom of England - Henry VII (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France
  • Monarch - Charles VIII (1483–1498)
  • Regents - Anne de Beaujeu and Peter II, Duke of Bourbon
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia - Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Polish–Lithuanian union - Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Beyazid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Portugal - John II of Portugal (1481–1495)
• 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 of Sweden (1470–1497, 1501–1503)
• Republic of Venice -
  1. Marco Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1485–1486)
  2. Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

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