Europe
- Andorra - Co-Princes
- Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (President of France, 1873–1879)
- Josep Caixal i Estradé (Bishop of Urgel, 1853–1879),
- 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 -
- József Szlávy, Minister-President of Hungary (1872–1874)
- István Bittó, Minister-President of Hungary (1874–1875)
- 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)
- Christian Andreas Fonnesbech, Prime Minister of Denmark (1874–1875)
- France -
- President - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (1873–1879)
- Prime Minister -
- Duc de Broglie, President of the Council (1873–1874)
- Ernest Courtot de Cissey, President of the Council (1874–1875)
- Germany -
- Monarch Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1871–1888)
- Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890)
- see List of German rulers in 1874
- Greece -
- Monarch - George I, King of the Hellenes (1863–1913)
- Prime Minister -
- Epameinontas Deligeorgis, Prime Minister of Greece (1872–1874)
- Dimitrios Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1874–1875)
- Holy See - Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome (1846–1878)
- Italy
- Monarch - Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (1861–1878)
- Prime Minister - Marco Minghetti, Prime Minister of Italy (1873–1876)
- Liechtenstein - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1858–1929)
- Luxembourg
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister -
- Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1867–1874)
- Félix de Blochausen, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874–1885)
- Monaco - Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1856–1889)
- Montenegro - Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (1860-1910/1918/1921)
- Netherlands
- Monarch - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849–1890)
- Prime Minister -
- Gerrit de Vries, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1872–1874)
- Jan Heemskerk, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1874–1877), (1883–1888)
- Norway - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Norway (1872–1905)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Monarch - Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861–1876)
- Grand Vizier -
- Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1872–1873)
- Mehmed Esad Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873)
- Sirvanizade Mehmed Rüstü Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1873–1874)
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861–1889)
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881/1914)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsarof Russia (1855–1881)
- Serbia - Milan II, Prince of Serbia (1868-1882/1889)
- Spain -
- President - Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of Spain (1873–1874)
- Prime Minister -
- Emilio Castelar Ripoll, Prime Minister of Spain (1873–1874)
- Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Prime Minister of Spain (1868–1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
- Juan Zavala De La Puente, Prime Minister of Spain (1874)
- Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain (1871–1872, 1874, 1881–1883, 1885–1890, 1892–1895, 1897–1899)
- Antonio Cánovas Del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain (1874–1875, 1875–1879, 1879–1881, 1884–1885, 1890–1892, 1895–1897)
- Sweden - United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden (1872–1907)
- Switzerland - the seven members of the Swiss Federal Council (Karl Schenk, Johann Jakob Scherer, Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, Paul Cérésole, Emil Welti, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Eugène Borel)
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901)
- Prime Minister -
- William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894)
- Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874–1880)
Read more about this topic: List Of State Leaders In 1874
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