List of state leaders in 1465

See also
List of state leaders in 1464 Events of 1465 List of state leaders in 1466 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1465.

Africa

Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
Benin Empire – Ewuare the Great, Oba of Benin (1440–1473)
Bornu Empire –
1. Muhammad IV, King of the Bornu Empire (1460–1465)
2. Ali Gazi, King of the Bornu Empire (1465–1497)
Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)
Kingdom of Kongo – Nkuwu a Ntinu (1450–1470)
Mali Empire – Uli II (1460–1481)
Kingdom of Mutapa – Matope Nyanhehwe Nebedza (1450–1480)
Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464-1492)

China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
Japan (Muromachi period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
Korea (Joseon dynasty) – Sejo (1455–1468)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Toku (1461–1469)

Kingdom of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
Kingdom of Bohemia – George of Poděbrady (1458–1471)
Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
Crown of Castile – Henry IV (1454–1474)
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christopher I of Denmark, 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 (House of Valois) - Louis XI of France (1461–1483)
Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
Khanate of Kazan – Mäxmüd of Kazan (1445–1466)
Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III the Great (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)