List of state leaders in 1805

See also
List of state leaders in 1804 Events of 1805 List of state leaders in 1806 State leaders by year List of sovereign states in 1805 List of governors of dependent territories in 1805

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, 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)
• Funj Sultanate -

1. Agban (1804-1805)
2. Badi VII (1805-1821)

• Kingdom of Kaffa - Hoti Gaocho (1798-1821)
• 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)
• Alirajpur State - Pratap Singh I (1765-1818)
• 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)
• Kingdom of Luang Phrabang - Anurutha (1794-1819)
• Sultanate of the Maldives – Mu'in ad-Din I Muhammad (1799–1835)
• Nepal – Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah (1799–1816), Maharajadhiraja of Nepal
• Rajpipla State - Ramsinhji (1803-1810)
• Siam – Rama I (1782–1809)
• 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)