List of state leaders in 1016

1015 state leaders - Events of 1016 - 1017 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Asia

• China (Northern Song Dynasty) - Zhenzong, Emperor of Song China (997-1022)
• Japan -
  • Monarch -
    1. Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (1011-1016)
    2. Go-Ichijo, Emperor of Japan (1016-1036)
  • Regent (Sessho) - Fujiwara no Michinaga, Sessho (1016-1017), de facto since 995
• Khitan Empire - Shengzong, Khitan Emperor (982-1031)
• Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Hyeonjong, King of Goryeo (1009-1031)
• Vietnam (Ly Dynasty) - Ly Thai To, King of Vietnam (1010-1028)

Europe

• England -
  • Ethelred II, also known as Ethelred the Unready, King of England (March 18, 978 - December 25, 1013 and February 2, 1014 - April 23, 1016)
  • Edmund II, King of England (April 23, 1016 - November 30, 1016)
  • Canute the Great, King of England (November 30, 1016 - November 12, 1035); also later became King of Denmark and Norway.

• France - Robert II the Pious, King of France (996 - July 20, 1031)

• Holy Roman Empire (Germany) - Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty (elected and coronated June 7, 1002, crowned by Pope Benedict VIII on February 14, 1014, died July 13, 1024). Also King of Italy.

• Norway - Olaf II, also known as Olaf the Fat and posthumously as Saint Olaf, King of Norway (1015-1028)

• Spain - Suleiman II of the Umayyad Dynasty, Caliph of Cordoba (1009-1010 and 1012-1017)

• Sweden - Olof of Sweden, King of Sweden (995 - 1022)