List of state leaders in 1600

1599 state leaders - Events of 1600 - 1601 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1597-1603 and 1604-1606)
*Kongo - Álvaro II, Manikongo (1587 - 1614)
*Sennar - Unsa I (1591-1603/4)

Asia

*Arakan - Mengradzagyi, King of Arakan (1593-1612)
*Burma - Ngyaung Ram Meng, King of Burma (1599-1605)
*China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli, Emperor of China (1573-1620)
*Dai Viet - Lê Kính Tông, Emperor of Dai Viet (1600-1619)
**Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570-1623)
**Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
* Japan
**Monarch - Go-Yozei, Emperor of Japan (1586-1611)
**"de facto" -
**# Council of Five Elders (1598-1600)
**# Tokugawa Ieyasu (1600-1603)
*Khiva - Haji Muhammad I, Khan of Khiva (1558-1602)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo, King of Joseon (1567-1608)
*Mughal Empire - Akbar, Mughal Emperor (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Nei, King of Ryūkyū (1587-1620)

Europe

*Crimea - Ghazi II Girai, Khan of the Crimean Tatars (1596-1608)
*Denmark - Christian IV, King of Denmark (1588-1648)
*England and Ireland — Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
*France - Henry IV, King of France (1589-1610)
*Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612)
**Bavaria - Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria (1597-1648)
**Bohemia - Rudolf II, King of Bohemia (1576-1611)
**Brandenburg - Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1598-1608)
**Cologne - Ernest of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1583-1612)
**Hesse-Darmstadt - Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1596-1626)
**Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1592-1627)
**Mainz - Wolfgang von Dalberg, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1582-1601)
**Palatinate - Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1583-1610)
**Saxony - Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1591-1611)
**Trier - Lothar von Metternich, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1599-1623)
**Württemberg - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (1593-1608)
*Hungary - Rudolf II, King of Hungary (1576-1609)
*Ireland - Elizabeth I, Queen of Ireland (1558-1603)
*Mantua - Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1587-1612)
*Modena - Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena (1597-1628)
*Moldavia - Prince of Moldavia:
*# Ieremia Movilă (first rule: 1595-May 1600)
*# Michael the Brave (May-September 1600)
*# Ieremia Movilă (second rule: September 1600-1606)
*Navarre - Henry III, King of Navarre (1572-1610)
*Papal States - Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605)
*Parma - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (1592-1622)
*Poland - Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland (1587-1632)
*Russia - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605)
*Savoy - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1580-1630)
*Scotland - James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625)
*Spain - Philip III, King of Spain (1598-1621)
*Sweden - Duke Charles Albert, Viceroy of Sweden (1599-1611)
*Transylvania - Michael the Brave, Prince of Transylvania (1599-1601)
*Tuscany - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1587-1609)
* United Provinces
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
** Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1585 - 1625)
**Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1586-1619)
*Venice - Marino Grimani, Doge of Venice (1595-1606)
*Wallachia - Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Ahmad II, Sultan of Morocco (1578-1603)
*Ottoman Empire - Mehmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595-1603)
*Safavid Empire - Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1587-1629)