List of state leaders in 1584

1583 state leaders - Events of 1584 - 1585 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
• Kingdom of Sennar - Dakin (1568–1585/6)
• Songhai Empire - Askia Al-Hajj, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1582–1586)

Asia

• Khanate of Khiva - Abdullah Khan II (1577–1598)
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli Emperor of China (1573–1620)
• Đại Việt - Lê Thế Tông (1573–1599)
  • Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570–1623)
  • Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
  • de facto - Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598)
• Khanate of Khiva - Haji Muhammad I (1558–1602)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire - Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Ei (1573–1586)
• Philippines (Las islas Filipinas)

• Luis de Villanueva y Zapata, Viceroy of New Spain (1583-1584)
• Diego Ronquillo, Governor General and Captain General of the Philippines (1583-1584)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Frederick II (1559–1588)
  • Duchy of Schleswig - Adolf (1544–1586) and Frederick II (1559–1588) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England - Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France - Henry III (1574–1589)
• Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II (1576–1612)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Henry III (1567–1585)
  • Duchy of Holstein - Adolf (1544–1586) and Frederick II (1559–1588) in condominial rule
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück - Henry II (1574–1585)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn - Henry IV (1577–1585)
• Royal Hungary - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (as Rudolf I) (1576–1608)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Henry III (1572–1610)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Murat III (1574–1595)
• Papal States - Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - Anna Jagiellon and Stefan Batory, co-monarchs (1574–1586)
• Russia -
  1. Ivan IV the Terrible, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
  2. Feodor I, Tsar of Russia (1584–1598)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden - John III (1568–1592)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Brabant, Flanders, Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
    1. Prince William of Orange, leader of the resistance (1566–1584)
    2. Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, governor of the Netherlands (for Queen Elizabeth I of England)
    • Holland - Grand Pensionary Paulus Buys (1572–1584)
• Republic of Venice - Nicolò da Ponte, Doge of Venice (1578–1585)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi (1578–1603)
• Safavid Empire - Mohammed Khodabanda Shah of Iran (1578–1587)