List of state leaders in 1490

See also
List of state leaders in 1489 Events of 1490 List of state leaders in 1491 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1490.

Africa

Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
- Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
Japan (Muromachi period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshitane (1490–1493)
Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
Kingdom of Mrauk U – Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
- Duchy of Schleswig –
  1. John I (1481–1513)
  2. Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
- Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
- Duchy of Burgundy –
  - Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
  - Regent – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1482–1494)
- Kingdom of Germany – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
- Duchy of Holstein –
  1. John I (1481–1513)
  2. Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
Kingdom of Hungary –
1. Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
2. Vladislaus II (1490–1516)
Khanate of Kazan – Möxämmädämin (1487–1495)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
Kingdom of Poland – Casimir IV (1447–1492) and Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Scotland (House of Stuart): James IV (1488–1513)
Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)