1772 state leaders – Events of 1773 – 1774 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 – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
• Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
• Ethiopia – Tekle Haymanot II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1769–1777)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772–1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771–1779)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760–1786)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)

[edit] Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772–1779)
  • Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772–1784)
• France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1770–1782)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
  • Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
  • Austria – Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740–1780)
  • Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • Bavaria – Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745–1777)
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733–1780)
  • Bohemia – Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740–1780)
  • Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740–1786)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
  • Essen – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1736–1781)
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
  • Mainz – Emmerich Josef von Briedbach, Archbishop of Mainz (1763–1774)
  • Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
  • Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
  • Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
  • Salm-Kyrburg – Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742–1778)
  • Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
  • Saxony – Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763–1806/1827)
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
  • Weingarten – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726–1787)
  • Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737–1784)
  • Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)

• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Portugal –
  • Monarch – Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750–1777)
  • Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis de Pombal (1750–1777)
• Prussia – Frederick II King of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Russia – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Spain – Charles III, King of Spain (1759–1788)
• Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771–1792)
• Tuscany – Peter Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765–1790)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772–1787)
• Venice – Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)

[edit] Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1771–1773)
    2. Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1773–1775)