List of state leaders in 1521

1520 state leaders - Events of 1521 - 1522 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Dawit II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1508-1540)
*Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509 - 1542)
*Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503 - 1533/4)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493-1528)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Cuauhtémoc, Aztec Emperor (1520-1521)
**"The last Aztec Emperor surrendered to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés."
*Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) -
*#Zhengde, Emperor of China (1505-1521)
*#Jiajing, Emperor of China (1521-1567)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Kashiwabara, Emperor of Japan (1500-1526)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) -
**# Ashikaga Yoshitane, Shogun of Japan (1508-1521)
**# Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Shogun of Japan (1521-1546)
*Khiva - Ilbars I, Khan of Khiva (1515-1525)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong, King of Joseon (1506-1544)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin, King of Ryūkyū (1477-1526)

Europe

*Denmark–Norway - Christian II, King of Denmark and Norway (1513-1523)
*England - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)
*France - Francis I, King of France (1515-1547)
*Holy Roman Empire - Charles V, King of the Romans (1519 - 1556)
*Italy
**Duchy of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio - Alfonso I d'Este (1505-1534)
**Marquisate of Mantua - Federico II Gonzaga (1519-1540)
**Papal States
**#Leo X, Pope (1513-1521)
**#Hadrian VI, 1521-1523
**Duchy of Urbino - Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1508-1534)
**Duchy of Savoy - Charles III of Savoy (1504-1553)
**Venice
**#Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501-1521)
**#Antonio Grimani (1521-1523)
*Hungary - Louis II, King of Hungary (1516-1526)
*Lithuania - Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548)
*Muscovy - Vasili III of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (1505-1533)
*Poland - Zygmunt I the Old, King of Poland (1506-1548)
*Portugal -
*#Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521)
*#John III, King of Portugal (1521 - 1557)
*Scotland - James V, King of Scotland (1513-1542)
*Spain
**Aragon - Charles I, King of Aragon (1516 - 1556)
**Castile
***Queen - Joanna, Queen of Castile (1504-1555)
***Regent - Charles I, King of Aragon (1556-1556)
*Sweden -
*#Christian II, King of Sweden (1520-1521)
*#Gustav Vasa, viceroy (1521-1560)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (1520 - 1566)

External links

*: List of states of the Holy Roman Empire of 1521