List of state leaders in 1496

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1496.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Na'od (1494–1508)
  • Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I (1470–1509)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Chikuyo Chisamarengu (1494-C. 1530)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I (1493–1528)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
• Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Nemequene (1490–1514)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Ahmad Shah I (1490–1509)
• Ava Kingdom (Burma) - Minkhaung II (1481–1502)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) - Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)
• Bahmani Sultanate – Muhammad Shah IV (1482–1518)
• Bengal Sultanate – Alauddin Husain Shah (1494–1518)
• Berar Sultanate – Fath-Allah 'Imad ul-Mulk (1490–1504)
• Bidar Sultanate – Qasim Shah I (1492–1504)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)
• Cambodia - Sri Sukonthor, King of Cambodia (1486–1512)
• Kingdom of Kotte – Parakramabahu VIII (1484–1508)
• Chiang Mai - Müang Kaeo, King of Chiang Mai (1495–1526)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
• Joseon (Korea) – Yeonsangun (1494–1506)
• Majapahit – Brawijaya VI, Emperor of Majapahit (1478–1498)
• Kingdom of Mrauk U – Salingathu (1494–1501)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England and Wales – Henry VII (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
  • County of Burgundy – Philip VI (1482–1506)
  • Duchy of Burgundy – Philip IV (1482–1506)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ulászló II (1490–1516)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Alexander Jagiellon (1492–1506)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Poland – John I Olbracht (1492–1501)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder Regent (1470–1497), (1501–1503)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Qait Bay (1468–1496)
  2. an-Nasir Muhammad (1496–1498)