List of state leaders in 1470

1469 state leaders - Events of 1470 - 1471 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Baeda Maryam I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1468 - 1478)
**Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Badlay, Sultan (1445 - 1471)
*Kongo - João I, Manikongo (1470 - 1509)
*Songhai Empire - Sunni Ali, Sunni of the Songhai Empire (1464-1492)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Axayacatl, Aztec Emperor (1469-1481)
*Inca Empire - Pachacuti, Inca Emperor (1438-1471)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Chenghua, Emperor of China (1464 - 1487)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Tsuchimikado, Emperor of Japan (1464-1500)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Shogun of Japan (1449-1473)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seongjong, King of Joseon (1469-1494)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō En, King of Ryūkyū (1470-1476)

Europe

*Aragon - John II, King of Aragon (1458-1479)
*Burgundy - Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477)
*Castile - Isabella, Queen of Castile and Leon (1474-1504)
*Denmark and Norway - Christopher I, King of Denmark (1448-1481), King of Norway (1450-1481)
*England - Edward IV, King of England (1461-1483)
*France (Valois Dynasty) - Louis XI, King of France (1461-1483)
*Hungary - Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary (1458-1490)
*Lithuania and Poland - Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440-1492), King of Poland (1447-1492)
*Portugal - Afonso V, King of Portugal and Algarves (1438-1481)
*Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462-1505)
*Scotland - James III, King of Scotland (1460-1488)
*Sweden -
*# Charles VIII, King of Sweden (1448 - 1457, 1464 - 1465, 1467 - 1470) and King of Norway (1449 - 1450)
*# Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470-1497, 1501-1503)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Uzun Hassan, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1435-1478)
*Cyprus - James II, King of Cyprus (1464-1473)
*Egypt - Qait Bay, Sultan of Egypt (1468-1496)
*Ottoman Empire - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (1451-1481)

Oceania

*Tonga -
*# Kauʻulufonua I, Tuʻi Tonga (?-c.1470)
*# Moʻungāmotuʻa, Tu'i Ha'atakalaua (c.1470-?)