1720 state leaders – Events of 1721 – 1722 state leaders – State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 Middle East and North Africa

[edit] Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
• Dahomey – Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708–1732)
• Ethiopia –
  1. Dawit III, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1716–1721)
  2. Asma Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721–1730)
• Nkore – Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699–c.1727)

[edit] Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) – Kangxi, Emperor of China (1662–1722)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Nakamikado, Emperor of Japan (1709–1735)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716–1745)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
• Kokand – Shahrukh Biy, Khan of Kokand (1709–1721)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gyeongjong, King of Joseon (1720–1724)

[edit] Europe

• Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV, King of Denmark (1699–1730)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Christian Christophersen Sehested, Chancellor of Denmark (1708–1721)
    2. Ulrik Adolf, Grand Chancellor of Denmark (1721–1730)
• France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George I, King of Great Britain (1714–1727)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, First Lord of the Treasury (1718–1721)
    2. Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721–1742)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
• Electors
  • Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679–1726)
  • Bohemia –
  • Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia, (as Frederick William II, Elector of Brandenburg), (1713–1740)
  • Cologne –
  • Hanover – George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1708–1727)
  • Mainz –
  • Saxony –
  • Trier –
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
  • Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen –
  • Anhalt-Zerbst –
  • Arenberg – Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754)
  • Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg –
  • Austria –
  • Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
  • Baden-Durlach –
  • Bamberg –
  • Berchtesgaden –
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach –
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Constance –
  • Corvey –
  • Eichstätt –
  • Ellwangen –
  • Freising –
  • Fulda –
  • Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Heitersheim –
  • Hesse-Darmstadt –
  • Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) –
  • Hildesheim –
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
  • Holstein-Glückstadt –
  • Holstein-Gottorp –
  • Kempten –
  • Lübeck –
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713–1747)
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708–1752)
  • Mergentheim –
  • Münster –
  • Nassau-Orange – Wilhelm IV, Prince of Nassau-Orange (1711–1751)
  • Oldenburg –
  • Osnabrück –
  • Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Palatinate –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach –
  • Passau –
  • Regensburg – Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719–1763)
  • Salm-Kyrburg –
  • Salm-Salm –
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Saxe-Gotha –
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
  • Saxe-Weimar –
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
  • Speyer –
  • Strassburg – Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704–1749)
  • Worms –
  • Württemberg –
  • Würzburg –

• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
  • Bentheim –
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt –
  • Essen – )
  • Gandersheim – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Gutenzell – Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
  • Herford –
  • Hesse-Homburg –
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
  • Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702–1764
  • Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702–1756)
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten –
  • Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
  • Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
  • Isenburg-Meerholz –
  • Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703–1755)
  • Kaisersheim –
  • Käppel – Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718–1748)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim (1699–1750)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg –
  • Leiningen-Emichsburg –
  • Lindau –
  • Lippe-Alverdissen –
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld –
  • Lippe-Detmold –
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld –
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken –
  • Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
  • Nassau-Weilburg –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
  • Quedlinburg – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
  • Reuss-Gera –
  • Reuss-Lobenstein –
  • Reuss-Obergreiz –
  • Reuss-Schleiz –
  • Reuss-Untergreiz –
  • Salm-Dhaun –
  • Salm-Dyck –
  • Salm-Grumbach –
  • Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
  • Schaumburg-Lippe –
  • Stolberg-Rossla –
  • Stolberg-Stolberg –
  • Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
  • Waldeck-Pyrmont –
  • Weingarten –
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen – Georg Hermann, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen (1720–1751)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) –
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) –
  • Wied –

• Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
• Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740)
• Russia – Peter I, Tsar of Russia, (1682–1725)
• Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Frederick I, King of Sweden (1720–1751)
  • Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
• Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland – Isaac van Hoornbeek (1720–1727)
    • Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)

[edit] Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco – Ismail, Sultan of Morocco (1684–1727)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Ahmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Nevsehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1718–1730)