Leading Heads of State of the World, 1902

(as featured in The Home Library of Entertainment, Instruction, and Amusement by Thomas Sheppard Meek)

CountryHead of StateBornIn Office
Austria-Hungary Emperor Francis Joseph 18 Aug 1830 2 Dec 1848
Greece King George I 24 Dec 1845 30 Mar1863
Denmark King Christian IX8 Apr 1818 16 Nov1863
Belgium King Leopold II9 Apr 183517 Dec1865
JapanEmperor Mutsuhito3 Nov18523 Feb1867
Sweden & Norway King Oscar II21 Jan182918 Sep1872
ChinaKuang Hsu Emperor14 Aug187125 Feb1875
Ottoman EmpireSultan Abdul Hamid II22 Sep184231 Aug1876
Spain King Alfonso XIII 17 May 188617 May 1886
Germany Emperor William II 27 Jan 1859 15 Jun1888
PortugalKing Carlos28 Sep186319 Oct1889
Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina 31 Aug 1880 23 Nov 1890
Russia Emperor Nicholas II 18 May 1868 1 Nov 1894
PersiaMozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar23 Mar18531 May1896
FrancePresident Emile Loubet31 Dec183818 Feb1899
Italy King Victor Emanuel III11 Nov 186929 Jul1900
United Kingdom (British Empire)
Canada
Australia
King Edward VII9 Nov184122 Jan1901
United StatesPresident Theodore Roosevelt27 Oct185814 Sep1901







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