List of state leaders in 1516

1515 state leaders - Events of 1516 - 1517 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, Sultan (1488 - 1518)
*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 - Moctezuma II, Aztec Emperor (1502-1520)
*Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengde, Emperor of China (1505-1521)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Kashiwabara, Emperor of Japan (1500-1526)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Shogun of Japan (1508-1521)
*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

*Burgundy - Charles II, Duke of Burgundy (1506 - 1555)
*England - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)
*France - Francis I, King of France (1515-1547)
*Italy
**Duchy of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio - Alfonso I d'Este (1505-1534)
**Marquisate of Mantua - Francesco II Gonzaga (1484-1519)
**Papal States - Leo X, Pope (1513-1521)
**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)
*Poland - Zygmunt I the Old, King of Poland (1506-1548)
*Spain
**Aragon -
**#Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1479-1516)
**#Charles I, King of Aragon (1516 - 1556)
**Castile
***Queen - Joanna, Queen of Castile (1504-1556)
***Regent -
***#Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1508-1516)
***#Charles I, King of Aragon (1556-1555)

Middle East and North Africa

*Egypt -
*# Qansuh al-Ghawri, Sultan of Egypt (1501-1516)
*# "Egypt conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1516-17"
*Ottoman Empire - Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (1512-1520)