List of state leaders in 1805

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1805.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Semakokiro (1771–1814)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Adandozan (1797–1818)
• Ethiopian Empire – Egwale Seyon Hezqeyas (1801–1818)
• Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain (1796–1816)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Wadai Empire – Abd al-Karim Sabun (1804–1815)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Asia

• Afghanistan –
  • Kabul - Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803–1809)
  • Kandahar -
    1. Kamran Shah, King of Kandahar (1804–1805)
    2. Kandahar returns to Kabul control
    3. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803–1809)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
• Khanate of Kokand – 'Alim Khan (1800–1809)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)
• Sikh Empire – Ranjit Singh (1801–1839)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
• Batavian Republic
  1. Staatsbewind (1801–1805)
  2. Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Raadspensionaris (1805–1806)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State - Christian Gunther (1797–1810)
• Kingdom of Etruria – Charles Louis (1803–1807)
• First French Empire – Napoleon (1804–1814)
• Holy Roman Empire – Francis II (1792–1806*) *Holy Roman Empire abolished in 1806
  • Electoral States *Note ruler's change in title during period of reign
  1. Kingdom of Bohemia - Francis I, King of Bohemia and Emperor of Austria (1792*-1835)
  2. Electorate of Regensburg - Karl Theodor von Dalberg, Archbishop of Regensburg (1803–1810)
  3. Kingdom of Bavaria - Maximilian I (1799*-1825)
  4. Kingdom of Saxony - Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827)
  5. Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick William III also King of Prussia (1797–1840)
  6. Electorate of Hanover - George III (1760–1806)
  7. Kingdom of Württemberg - Frederick I (1797*-1816)
  8. Electorate of Baden - Karl Friedrich, Elector of Baden (1771*-1811*), became Grand Duke of Baden
  9. Electorate of Hesse - William I (1785*-1806*)
  10. Electorate of Salzburg - Ferdinand (1802–1805*) *Exchanged Salzburg for Würzburg on December 25
• Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• Italy – Napoleon, King of Italy (1805–1814)
  • Italian Republic was declared the Kingdom of Italy on March 17
  • Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais (1805–1814)
• Moldavia – Alexandru Moruzi, Voivod of Moldavia (1802–1806)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand IV (1759–1806)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1798–1805)
    2. Hafiz Ismail Pasha (1805–1806)
• Papal States – Pope Pius VII (1800–1823)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Maria I (1777–1816)
  • Prince-Regent – Prince John (1792–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William III (1797–1840)
  • Chief Minister – Count Karl August von Hardenberg (1804–1806)
• Russian Empire – Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801–1825)
• Kingdom of Sardinia – Victor Emmanuel I (1802–1821)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Ferdinand III (1759–1816)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV (1788–1808)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf (1792–1809)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister - William Pitt (1804–1806)
• Wallachia – Constantine Ypsilanti, Voivod of Wallachia (1802–1816)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Ottoman Algeria – Mustapha VI ben Ibrahim, Pasha-Dey of Algiers (1799–1806)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fath Ali Shah (1797–1834)
• Tripoli – Yusuf ibn Ali Karamanli, Pasha of Tripoli (1795–1832)
• Beylik of Tunis – Hamouda, Pasha-Day of Tunis (1782–1814)

North America and the Caribbean

• First Empire of Haiti – Jacques I (1804–1806)
• United States - Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801–1809)