List of state leaders in 1753

List of state leaders in 1752 – Events of 1753 – List of state leaders in 1754 – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750–1764)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730–1755)
• Harar - Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr, Emir of Harar (1747–1755)
• Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727–c.1755)
• Sennar - Badi IV, King of Sennar (1724–1762)
• Zulu – Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747–1772)
• Ahom - Suremphaa, King of Ahom (1751–1769)
• Arakan - Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742–1761)
• Bundi - Umaid Singh, Rao Raja of Bundi (1749–1779)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1747–1762)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745–1760)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola, Bishop of Urgell (1747–1756)
  • Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick V, King of Denmark (1746–1766)
  • Prime Minister – Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1751–1770)
• France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
  • Prime Minister – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1743–1754)
• Holy Roman Empire – Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765)
• Electors
  • Bavaria – Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745–1777)
  • Bohemia – Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740–1780)
  • Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740–1786)
  • Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
  • Hanover – Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760)
  • Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
  • Saxony – Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733–1763)
  • Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729–1756)
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
  • Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728–1755)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
  • Arenberg – Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754
  • Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg – Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740–1768)
  • Austria – Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740–1780)
  • Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
  • Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • Bamberg – Joseph Philip Anton von Frankenstein, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1746–1753)
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723–1757)
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735–1763)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
  • Constance – Damian Hugo Philipp Anton Cardinal Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Constance (1740–1753)
  • Corvey – Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737–1758)
  • Eichstätt – Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt (1736–1757)
  • Ellwangen – Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732–1756)
  • Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727–1763)
  • Fulda – Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737–1752, Bishop of Fulda 1752–1756)
  • Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Heitersheim – Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728–1754)
  • Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739–1768)
  • Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746–1766)
  • Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739–1762)
  • Kempten – Engelbert von Sorgenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747–1760)
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1747–1756)
  • Mergentheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732–1761)
  • Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Münster (1723–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
  • Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1728–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • 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)
  • Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg, Prince-Bishop of Passau (1723–1761)
  • Regensburg – Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719–1763)
  • Salm-Kyrburg – Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742–1778)
  • Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738–1770)
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735–1764)
  • Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732–1772)
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
  • Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744–1767)
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740–1758)
  • Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743–1770)
  • Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732–1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
  • Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
  • Würzburg – Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1746–1754)

• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
  • Bentheim – Friedrich Karl Philipp, Count of Bentheim (1731–1753)
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733–1780)
  • Essen – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Gandersheim – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Gutenzell – Franziska von Gall, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747–1759)
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702–1756)
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst – Philipp Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1744–1753, Count 1697–1744)
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741–1770)
  • Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
  • Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
  • Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703–1755)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg – Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1722–1756)
  • Lindau – Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743–1757)
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736–1781)
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735–1768)
  • Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
  • Nassau-Weilburg – Karl August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1737–1753)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • Quedlinburg – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
  • Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
  • Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723–1768)
  • Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
  • Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733–1768)
  • Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
  • Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727–1763)
  • Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid – Karl Anton Joseph, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734–1755)
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1735–1756)
  • Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739–1768)
  • Stolberg-Stolberg – Christoph Ludwig II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1738–1761)
  • Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
  • Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
  • Weingarten – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726–1765)
  • 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)

• Ireland – George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760)

• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud I, (1730–1754)
  • Grand vizier – Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1752–1755)

• 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)
• Russian Empire – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
• Spain – Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746–1759)
• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751–1771)
• Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
• 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 Steyn of Holland (1749–1772)
• Venice – Francesco Loredan, Doge of Venice (1752–1762)

Middle East and North Africa

• Algeria – Mohammed Ben Bekir, Dey of Algiers (1748–1754)
• Morocco – Abdallah IV, Sultan of Morocco (1745–1757)
• Tunis – Ali, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)
• Persia – Shahrukh Afshar (1748–1760)