List of state leaders in 1760

List of state leaders in 1759 – Events of 1760 – List of state leaders in 1761 – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750–1764)
• Buganda - Kyabaggu Kabinuli, King of Buganda (1750–1780)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Burundi - Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo, King of Burundi (1739–1767)
• Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyoas I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1755–1769)
• Garo - Malko, King of Garo (1740–1760)
• Gwiriko - Magan Wule Wattara, ruled (1749–1809)
• Jolof - Bakaa-Tam Buri-Nyabu, King of Jolof (1755–1763)
• Ndzuwani - Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
• Nungu - Yembrima, Nunbado of Nungu (1736–1791)
• Oyo Empire - Majeogbe, Oba of Oyo (1754–1770)
• Sennar - Badi IV, King of Sennar (1724–1762)
• Warsangali Sultanate - Gerad Ali, Sultan of Warsangali (1750–1789)
• Yatenga - Naaba Kango, ruler of Yatenga (1754–1787)
• Zulu – Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747–1772)
• Arakan - Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742-1761)
• Banten - Abu Nazar Muhammad Arif Zainal Asyekin, ruled (1753–1777)
• Bhaktapur - Ranajit Malla, King of Bhaktapur (1722–1769)
• Bharatpur - Surajmal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur (1756–1763)
• Bhopal (state) - Faiz Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Bhopal (1742–1777)
• Bhutan - Sherab Wangchuck, Druk Desis of Bhutan (1744–1763)
• Bikaner - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
• Bundi - Umaid Singh, Rao Raja of Bundi (1749–1779)
• Cambay - Mo'min Khan II, Nawab of Cambay (1743–1784)
• Amabi - Balthazar Loti, King of Amabi (1755–1790)
• Amanuban - Don Louis, Prince of Amanuban (1751–1770)
• Amarasi - Dom Affonco Hornay, Prince of Amarasi (1752–1774)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Garhwal - Pradipt Sah, King of Garhwal (1709-1772)
• Gorkha - Prithvi Narayan Shah, King of Gorkha (1743–1769)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1747–1762)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) –
    1. Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745–1760)
    2. Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760–1786)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Kahlur - Devi Chand, Raja of Kahlur (1738-1778)
• Kalsia - Gur Bakhash Singh, Raja of Kalsia (1760- )
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)
• Manipur - Meidingu Chingthangkhomba, King of Manipur (1749–1798)
• Mysore - Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, King of Mysore (1734–1766)
• Nagpur - Janoji, Maharaja of Nagpur (1755–1782)
• Phaltan - Mudhojirao III Nimbalkar, Naik of Phaltan (1748-1765)
• Radhanpur -
• Nagur Raj - Asad-uz-Zaman Khan, Raja of Nagur (1752–1777)
• Ramgarh Raj - Bishan Singh, Raja of Ramgarh (1724–1763)
• Satara - Ramaraja, Maharaja of Santara (1749–1777)
• Savanur -
• Sirmur - Kirat Prakash, Raja of Sirmur (1754-1770)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Francesc Josep Catalán de Ocón, Bishop of Urgell (1757–1762)
  • Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Corsica – Pasquale Paoli, General of Corsica (1755–1769)
• 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)
• Genoa –
  1. Matteo Franzoni, Doge of Genoa (1758–1760)
  2. Agostino Lomellini, Doge of Genoa (1760–1762)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch –
    1. George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
    2. George III, King of Great Britain (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1754–1756, 1757–1762)
• 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)
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
  • 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)
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735–1763)
  • Bremen, Duchy –
    1. George II of Great Britain (House of Hanover), Duke of Bremen (1727–1760, imperially enfeoffed in 1733)
    2. George III of the United Kingdom (House of Hanover), Duke of Bremen (1760–1820, dispossessed from 1803–1813)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
  • Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727–1763)
  • Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernest II, Prince of Irsenburg-Birstein (1754–1803)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743–1770)
  • Verden, Principality –
    1. George II of Great Britain (House of Hanover), Prince of Verden (1727–1760, imperially enfeoffed in 1733)
    2. George III of the United Kingdom (House of Hanover), Prince of Verden (1760–1820, dispossessed from 1803–1813)
  • Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)

• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741–1770)
  • Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
  • 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)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • 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)
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
  • 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 –
  1. George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760)
  2. George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mustafa III, (1757–1774)
  • Grand Vizier – Koca Mehmed Ragib Pasha, (1757–1763)
• 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)
• Sardinia – Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (1730–1773)
• Spain – Charles III, King of Spain (1759–1788)
• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751–1771)
  • Majority leader – Axel von Fersen, senior, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1760–1762)
• 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 – Baba Ali Bou-Seba, Dey of Algiers (1754–1766)
• Ganja - Shah Wardi Khan, Khan of Ganja (1747–1761)
• Imereti - Solomon I, King of Imereti (1752–1766)
• Kuwait - Sabah I bin Jaber, Sheikh of Kuwait (1752–1764)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)