List of state leaders in 1466

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1466.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
• Benin Empire – Ewuare the Great, Oba of Benin (1440–1473)
• Bornu Empire – Ali Gazi, King of the Bornu Empire (1465–1497)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)
• Jolof Empire - Birayma N'dyeme Eter, Buur-ba Jolof ("Emperor") of the Jolof Empire (1465–1481)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Nkuwu a Ntinu (1450–1470)
• Mali Empire – Uli II (1460–1481)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Matope Nyanhehwe Nebedza (1450–1480)
• Kingdom of Rwanda - Yuhi wa II Gahima II (1444-1477)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464-1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Chimor – Minchancaman, King of Chimor (c.1440–1470)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)

Asia

• Ahom kingdom- Susenphaa (1439-1488)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom – Trailokkanat, King of Ayutthaya (1448–1488)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
• Delhi Sultanate – Bahlul Khan Lodi, Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate (1451–1489)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
• Kazakh Khanate - Janybek Khan and Kerey Khan, founders and Co-rulers of the Kazakh Khanate. Janybek (1465-1480) and Kerey (1465-1470) respectively.
• Korea (Joseon dynasty) – Sejo (1455–1468)
• Malacca – Mansur Shah of Malacca (1459–1477)
• Northern Yuan dynasty Mongolia - Molon Khan (1465–1466). Interregnum ensues 1466-1475
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Toku (1461–1469)
• Transoxiana - Abu Sa'id Mirza, Timurid dynasty ruler of Transoxiana (1451–1469)
• Đại Việt - Lê Thánh Tông, Emperor (1460–1497)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Virupaksha Raya II (1465–1485)

Europe

• Albania – Skanderbeg, ruler in Albania (1443 – 4 December 1466)
• Andorra
  • Gaston IV, Count of Foix and Co-Prince of Andorra (with the Bishops of Urgell), (1436–1472)
  • Jaime Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (with Gaston IV), (1462–1466)
• Kingdom of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – George of Poděbrady 1458–1471
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Crown of Castile – Henry IV of Castile (1454–1474)
• Crimean Khanate -
  1. Hacı I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1449–1466)
  2. Nur Devlet, Khan of Crimea (1466–1467, 1467–1469, 1475–1476)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian I of Denmark, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England – (House of York) - Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
• Republic of Florence – Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Gonfaloniere of Justice and de facto ruler of the Republic of Florence (1464–1469)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Louis XI of France (1461–1483)
• Kingdom of Georgia – Bagrat VI (1465-1478)
• Granada - Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada, (1464–1482 and 1483–1485)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Khanate of Kazan –
  1. Mäxmüd of Kazan (1445–1466)
  2. Xälil of Kazan (1466–1467)
• Moldavia – Stephen the Great (1457–1504)
• Monaco – Lamberto, Lord of Monaco (1458–1494)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III the Great (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand I (1458–1494)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Papal States – Paul II, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States, (1464-1471)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James III of Scotland (1460–1488)
• Sweden -
  1. Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, Regent of Sweden (1465–1466)
  2. Erik Axelsson Tott, Regent of Sweden (1466–1467)
• Republic of Venice – Cristoforo Moro Doge of Venice (1462–1471)
• Principality of Wallachia – Radu cel Frumos (1462–1473, 1473–1474, 1474, 1474–1475)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1453–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – James II of Cyprus (1464–1473)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Khushqadam (1461–1467)
• Ifriqiya - Uthman, Hafsid dynasty Caliph of Ifriqiya (1436–1488)

Oceania

• Hawaii – Liloa, Alii Nui of Hawaii (1465-1495)