Europe
- Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848–1916)
- Minister-President of Austria - Prince Adolf Wilhelm Daniel von Auersperg, Minister-President of Austria (1871–1879)
- Minister-President of Hungary -
- Count Menyhért Lónyay, Minister-President of Hungary (1871–1872)
- József Szlávy, Minister-President of Hungary (1872–1874)
- Belgium
- Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909)
- Cabinet Chief - Jules Malou, Cabinet Chief of Belgium (1871–1878, 1884)
- Denmark -
- Monarch - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863–1906)
- Prime Minister - Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman, Prime Minister of Denmark (1870–1874)
- France -
- President - Adolphe Thiers, President of France (1871–1873)
- Prime Minister - Jules Dufaure, President of the Council (1871–1873)
- German Empire -
- Monarch - Wilhelm I, Kaiser (1871–1888)
- Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
- see also List of German rulers in 1872
- Greece -
- Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
- Prime Minister -
- Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1871–1872)
- Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1872)
- Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1872–1874)
- Italy -
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
- Prime Minister - Giovanni Lanza, Prime Minister of Italy (1869–1873)
- Luxembourg
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister - Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867–1874)
- Netherlands
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister -
- Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1849–1853, 1862–1866, 1871–1872)
- Gerrit de Vries, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1872–1874)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Monarch - Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
- Grand Vizier -
- Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1871–1872)
- Midhat Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872)
- Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872–1873)
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866–1881)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Amadeus, King of Spain (1870–1873)
- Prime Minister -
- Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
- Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
- Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (1871, 1872–1873)
- Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway -
- Charles XV, King of Sweden (1859–1872)
- Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901)
- Prime Minister - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
Read more about this topic: List Of State Leaders In 1872
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“Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.”
—Paul West (b. 1930)
“What helps it now, that Byron bore,
With haughty scorn which mockd the smart,
Through Europe to the Aetolian shore
The pageant of his bleeding heart?
That thousands counted every groan,
And Europe made his woe her own?”
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—Marc Fumaroli (b. 1932)