 ==africa== *ashanti confederacy â *# akyampon panyin, chair of the kwasafomanhyiamu (1884&ndash;1887) *# owusu sekyere ii, regent (1887&ndash;1888) * kingdom of burundi â mwezi iv gisabo (1852&ndash;1908) *kingdom of dahomey â glele (1856&ndash;1889) * ethiopian empire â yohannes iv (1871&ndash;1889) * liberia â hilary r. w. johnson, president of liberia (1884&ndash;1892) * orange free state â johannes henricus brand, state president of the orange free state (1864&ndash;1888) * sokoto caliphate **caliph â umar bin ali (1881&ndash;1891) **grand vizier - muhammadu buhari (1886&ndash;1910) * south african republic â paul kruger, state president of the south african republic (1883&ndash;1902) * sultanate of zanzibar â barghash bin said (1870&ndash;1888) ==asia== * emirate of afghanistan â abdur rahman khan (1880&ndash;1901) * china (qing dynasty) - guangxu emperor (1875&ndash;1908) * empire of japan **monarch â emperor meiji (1867&ndash;1912) **prime minister - itÅ hirobumi (1885&ndash;1888) * joseon (korea) â gojong (1864&ndash;1907, emperor after 1897) * sultanate of oman â turki bin said (1871&ndash;1888) * persia (qajar dynasty) â naser al-din shah qajar (1848&ndash;1896) * umm al-quwain â sheikh ahmad i bin `abd allah al mu`alla, emir (1873â1904) ==europe== * andorra **co-princes - ***french co-prince - ***# jules grÃ©vy, president of france (1879&ndash;1887) ***# marie franÃ§ois sadi carnot, president of france (1887&ndash;1894) ***episcopal co-prince - salvador casaÃ±as y pagÃ©s, bishop of urgell (1879&ndash;1901) **first syndic - francesc maestre (1886&ndash;1888) *austria-hungary â franz joseph i, emperor of austria and king of hungary (1848&ndash;1916) **joint foreign minister - count gustav kÃ¡lnoky, joint minister of foreign affairs **minister-president of austria - count eduard von taaffe (1879&ndash;1893) **minister-president of hungary - kÃ¡lmÃ¡n tisza (1875&ndash;1890) * belgium **monarch â lÃ©opold ii, king of the belgians (1865&ndash;1909) **cabinet chief - barthÃ©lÃ©my de theux de meylandt (1884&ndash;1894) * kingdom of denmark ** 
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