List of state leaders in 1495

See also
List of state leaders in 1494 Events of 1495 List of state leaders in 1496 State leaders by year List of sovereign states in 1495

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1495.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Bamum – Monjou, Mfon of Bamum (1461–1498)
• Benin Empire – Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
• Bornu Empire (Sayfawa dynasty) – Ali Gazi (1465–1497)
• Kingdom of the Buganda – Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
• Ethiopian Empire – Na'od (1494–1508)
• Empire of Great Fulo – Tenguella (1490–1512)
• Sultanate of Kano – Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)
• Kilwa Sultanate –

1. Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (1490–1495)
2. Muhammad ibn Kiwab (1495–1495)
3. al-Fudail ibn Suleiman (1495–1499)

• Kingdom of Kongo – Nzinga a Nkuwu, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Mali Empire – Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Chikuyo Chisamarengu (1494–c.1530)
• Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Anyamata (1465–1611)
• Kingdom of Nungu – Gima, Nunbado (1470–1520)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (1482–1506)
• Shilluk Kingdom – Nyikaangø (1490–1517)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I (1493–1528)
• Warsangali Sultanate –

1. Garaad Omar (1487–1495)
2. Garaad Ali Dable (1495–1503)

• Wolof Empire – Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

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)
• Aq Qoyunlu - Rustam bin Maqsud bin Uzun Hasan (1493-1497)
• 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
• England and Wales – Henry VII, King of England (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
  • County of Burgundy – Philip IV, the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482–1506)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ulászló II (1490–1516)
• Khanate of Kazan –

1. Möxämmädämin (1487–1495)
2. Mamuq (1495–1496)

• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Alexander Jagiellon (1492–1506)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Poland – John I Olbracht (1492–1501)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –

1. John II (1477–1495)
2. Manuel I (1495–1521)

• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497), (1501–1503)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)