List of state leaders in 1488



Africa
Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
Kingdom of Bamum - Monjou, Sultan of Bamum (1461–1498)
Benin Empire – Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
Bornu Empire – Ali Gazi, Mai of Bornu (1465–1497)
Buganda – Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
Jolof Empire – 
 Tase Daagulen (1481–1488)
 Birayma Kuran Kan (1488–1492)
Sultanate of Kano – Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)
Kilwa Sultanate – al-Hassan ibn Suleiman (1486–1490)
Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
Mali Empire – Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
Kingdom of Mutapa – Nyahuma Mukombero, Mwenemutapa (1480–1490)
Kingdom of Nungu - Gima, Nunbado (1470–1520)
Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Anyamata (1465–1511)
Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (1482–1506)
Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)
Warsangali Sultanate - Garaad Omar (1487–1495)

Americas
Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
Muisca Confederation
 zaque Michuá (1470-1490)
 zipa Saguamanchica (1470-1490)
Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia
 Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – 
 Borommatrailokkanat (1448–1488)
 Borommarachathirat III (1488–1491)
China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
Sultanate of Cirebon - Sunan Gunungjati (1479–1568)
Japan (Muromachi period)
 Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
 Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
Kingdom of Mrauk U – Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe 
Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
Duchy of Burgundy –
 Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
 Regent – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1482–1594)
Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
Kingdom of Germany – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
Kingdom of Poland – Casimir IV (1447–1492) and Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Scotland (House of Stuart): James IV (1488–1513)
Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa
Kingdom of Cyprus – Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)