List of state leaders in 1785

1784 state leaders – Events of 1785 – 1786 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Dahomey – Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774–1789)
• Ethiopia – Iyasus III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1784–1788)
• Fouta Tooro - Abdul Kaader, King of Fouta Tooro (1776–1807)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled:
  1. Richard Henry Lee, 30 November 1784 to 23 November 1785
  2. John Hancock, 23 November 1785 to 6 June 1786
• Vermont – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (13 March 1778 – 13 October 1789)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772–1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780–1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760–1786)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
• Viet Nam
  • Monarch – Lê Hiển Tông, Emperor of Vietnam (1740–1786)
  • Monarch – Nguyễn Nhạc, Emperor of Vietnam (1778–1793)
  • Lord – Trịnh Khải, Lord of Vietnam (1786–1787)
  • Champa Kingdom – Chei Krei Brei, King of Champa (1783–1786)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Bishop of Urgell –
    1. Temporarily vacant (1783–1785)
    2. Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785–1795)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784–1797)
• France – Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
  • Baden – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden (1738–1811)
  • Bavaria - Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria (1777–1799)
  • Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740–1786)
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach - Carl Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1757–1791)
  • Cologne - Maximilian Franz, Elector of Cologne
  • Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
  • Hesse-Cassel -
    1. Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1760–1785)
    2. Wilhelm IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1785–1821)
  • Hesse-Darmstadt - Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1768–1790)
  • Mainz - Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Elector of Mainz (1774–1801)
  • Palatinate – Karl IV Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Zweibrücken - Carl II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1775–1795)
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - Ernst Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1764–1800)
  • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg - Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772–1804)
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen - Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826)
  • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - Carl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1758–1828)
  • Saxony – Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763–1806/1827)
  • Trier - Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, Elector of Trier (1768–1802)
  • Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Abdülhamit I (1774–1789)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Halil Hamit Pasha (1782–1785)
    2. Sahin Ali Pasha (1785–1786)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• 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)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)