List of state leaders in 1498

1497 state leaders - Events of 1498 - 1499 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (1494-1508)
**Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, Sultan (1488 - 1518)
*Kongo - João I (1470 - 1509)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493-1528)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Auitzotl, Aztec Emperor (1486-1502)
*Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527)
*Texcoco - Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472-1515)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (1487 - 1505)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Tsuchimikado, Emperor of Japan (1464-1500)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Shogun of Japan (1494-1508)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeonsangun, King of Joseon (1494-1506)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin, King of Ryūkyū (1477-1526)

Europe

*Aragon - Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1479-1516)
*Bohemia - Vladislav II, King of Bohemia (1471-1516)
*Burgundy - Philip IV, the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482-1506)
*Crimea - Meñli I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1478-1515)
*England and Wales - Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509)
*France -
*# Charles VIII, King of France (1483-1498)
*# Louis XII, King of France (1498-1515)
*Germany - Maximilian I, King of Germany (1486-1519)
*Hungary - Ulászló II, King of Hungary (1490-1516)
*Poland - John I Olbracht, King of Poland (1492-1501)
*Portugal - Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521)
*Russia - Ivan the Great, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462-1505)
*Scotland - James IV, King of Scotland (1488-1513)
*Venice - Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486-1501)

Middle East and North Africa

*Egypt -
*# an-Nasir Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt (1496-1498)
*# Qansuh, Sultan of Egypt (1498-1500)
*Ottoman Empire - Beyazid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481-1512)