List of state leaders in 1818

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1818.

Africa

• Adamawa Emirate – Modibo Adama, Emir of Adamwa (1809–1847)
• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Kamaanya (1814–1836)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey –
  1. Adandozan (1797–1818)
  2. Gézo (1818–1856)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Egwale Seyon (1801–1818)
  2. Iyoas II (1818–1821)
  • Shewa – Sahle Selassie, Negus (1813–1847)
• Ilorin Emirate – Oba Afonja (1817–1824)
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Abdallah bin Alawi (1816–1832)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Sokoto Caliphate
  • Caliph – Muhammed Bello (1814–1837)
  • Grand Vizier - Gidago dan Laima (1817–1842)
• Swaziland – King Sobhuza I (1815–1836? 1839?)
• Zulu – Shaka, King of the Zulu (1816–1828)

Americas

• Chile – Bernardo O'Higgins, Supreme Director (1817–1823)
• Kingdom of Haiti – Henri I (1811–1820)
• Kingdom of Brazil (part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves) - John VI (1815–1821)
• Paraguay – José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Consul of Paraguay (1814–1840)
• United Provinces of the River Plate – Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Supreme Director (1816–1819)
• United States - James Monroe, President of the United States (1817–1825)

Asia

• Afghanistan (Durrani Empire) –
  • Kabul -
    1. Mahmud Shah Durrani (1809–1818)
    2. Ali Shah Durrani (1818–1819)
  • Kandahar/Herat -
    1. Mahmud Shah Durrani (1809–1818)
    2. Shirdil Khan, Mohammedzay Regent (1818–1826)
  • Peshawar -
    1. Mahmud Shah Durrani (1809–1818)
    2. Ayub Shah Durrani, Padshah of Peshawar (1818)
    3. Shah Shujah Durrani, Padshah of Peshawar (1818)
    4. Ayub Shah Durrani, Padshah of Peshawa (1818–1819)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• India
  • Maratha Empire (extinct in that year) – Baji Rao II, Peshwa (1796–1818)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Ninkō (1817–1846)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)
• Persia – Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar, Qajar dynasty (1797–1834)
• Rattanakosin Kingdom – Rama II, King (1809–1824)
• Sikh Empire (Punjab) - Ranjit Singh, Maharaja (1801–1839)
• Đại Việt – Gia Long, Emperor (1762–1820)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch – George III of the United Kingdom (1760–1820)
  • Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales
  • Colonel William Sorell, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha I (1810–1819)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Safar Begi (1810–1821)
• Andorra –
  • Bernat Francés y Caballero, Bishop of Urgell (1817–1824)
  • Louis XVIII of France (1815–1824)
• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Monarch – Frederick VI (1808–1839)
  • Minister of State -
    1. Joachim Godske Moltke (1814–1818)
    2. Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann (1818–1824)
• Grand Duchy of Finland –
  • Monarch – Alexander I (1809–1825)
  • Governor-General - Fabian Steinheil (1810–1824)
• Kingdom of France –
  • Monarch – Louis XVIII (1815–1824)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Duc de Richelieu (1815–1818)
    2. Marquis Dessolles (1818–1819)
• German Confederation
  • Austrian Empire – Francis I (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Francis (1792–1835)
  • Kingdom of Prussia –
    • Monarch – Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840)
    • Chief Minister - Prince Karl August von Hardenberg (1810–1822)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
  • Kingdom of Hanover – George III (1814–1820)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – William I (1815–1840)
  • Principality of Liechtenstein – Johann Josef I (1805–1836)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• Neutral Moresnet
  • Monarchs -
    • William I of the Netherlands (1815–1840)
    • Frederick William III of Prussia (1797–1840)
  • Mayor - Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Mayor of Moresnet (1817–1859)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands – William I (1815–1840)
• Kingdom of Norway – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Kingdom of Sweden–Norway
  • Monarch -
    1. Carl III (1814–1818)
    2. Carl XIV Johan (1818–1844)
  • Viceroy -
    1. Carl Carlsson Mörner (1816–1818)
    2. Johan August Sandels (1818–1827)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1815–1818)
    2. Dervis Mehmed Pasha (1818–1820)
• Papal States – Pope Pius VII (1800–1823)
• United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves – John VI (1816–1826)
• Russian Empire – Alexander I (1801–1825)
• Kingdom of Spain – Ferdinand VII (1808, 1814–1833)
• Kingdom of Sweden – United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
  1. Charles XIII (1809–1818)
  2. Charles XIV John (1818–1844) (Regent 1810–1818)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1814–1824)
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Ferdinand I (1816–1825)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Regent – The Prince of Wales (1811–1820)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812–1827)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi –
  1. Muhammad bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1816–1818)
  2. Shaikhdom under joint rulership
  • Co-Shaikh – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1818–1833)
  • Co-Shaikh – Tahnun bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1818–1833)
• Ajman – Rashid bin Humayd, Shaikh of Ajman (1816–1838)
• Bahrain – Sheikh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (1796–1825)
• Egypt Eyalet – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
  • Kel Ahaggar – Ag Mama ag Sidi (1790–1830)
• Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah (1814–1859)
• Lebanon – Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn Umar (1801–1821)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
• Sultanate of Oman – Said bin Sultan, Oman (1804–1856)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1797–1834)
• Beylik of Tunis (under Ottoman Empire suzerainty) - Mahmud (1814–1824)