List of state leaders in 1761

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1761.

Africa

• Sultanate of Agadez –
• Akuapem – Nana Kwapon Kyerefo, King of Akuapem (1742–1765)
• Akyem Abuakwa – Pobi Asomaning II, King of Akyem Abuakwa (1742–1765)
• Ankole – Rwabirere, Omugabe of Ankole (c. 1755–1783)
• Anlo –
• Aro Confederacy –
• Ashanti Confederacy – Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750–1764)
• Aussa Sultanate – Kadhafo Mahammad ibn Kadhafo (1749–1779)
• Benin Empire – Akengbuda, King of Benin (1750–1804)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Kyabaggu Kabinuli (1750–1780)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo (1739–1767)
• Cayor -
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyoas I (1755–1769)
• Kingdom of Garo – Gabito, King of Garo (1760–1780)
• Kazembe -
• Nembe Kingdom – Mingi I (1745–1766)
• Nungu – Yembrima, Nunbado of Nungu (1736–1791)
• Oyo Empire – Majeogbe, Oba of Oyo (1754–1770)
• Kingdom of Rwanda - Yuhi IV Gahindiro (1746-1802)
• Warsangali Sultanate – Gerad Ali, Sultan of Warsangali (1750–1789)
• Kingdom of Sanwi -
• Yatenga – Naaba Kango (1754–1787)
• Zulu – Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Ahmad Shah Abdali (1747–1772)
• Amabi – Balthazar Loti (1755–1790)
• Amanuban – Don Louis (1751–1770)
• Amarasi – Dom Affonco Hornay (1752–1774)
• Baghal State - Bhup Chand (1743-1778)
• Sultanate of Banjar – Tahmidullah II, Sultan of Banjar (1761–1801)
• Sardargarh Bantva –
• Banten – Abu Nazar Muhammad Arif Zainal Asyekin, ruled (1753–1777)
• Bantva Manavadar –
• Bhaktapur – Ranajit Malla (1722–1769)
• Bharatpur State – 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 State – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
• Blambangang – Danuningrat, King of Blambangang (1736–1763)
• Bundi State – Umaid Singh, Rao Raja of Bundi (1749–1779)
• Cambay – Mo'min Khan II, Nawab of Cambay (1743–1784)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Chitradurga - Madakari Nayaka, Nayakas of Chitradurga (1758-1779)
• Daspalla State - Trilochan Deo Bhanj (1753-1775)
• Kingdom of Garhwal – Pradipt Sah (1709–1772)
• Kingdom of Gorkha – Prithvi Narayan Shah (1743–1769)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Momozono (1747–1762)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Kachari Kingdom - Harischandra II (1757-1772)
• Kahlur – Devi Chand, Raja of Kahlur (1738–1778)
• Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
• Manipur – Meidingu Chingthangkhomba, King of Manipur (1749–1798)
• Kingdom of Mysore – Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766)
• Nagpur kingdom – Janoji, Maharaja of Nagpur (1755–1782)
• Phaltan State – 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 State –
• Sikkim - Phuntsog Namgyal II, Chogyal of Sikkim (1733-1780)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Francesc Josep Catalán de Ocón, Bishop of Urgell (1757–1762)
  • Louis XV of France (1715–1774)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick V (1746–1766)
  • Minister of State – Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff (1751–1770)
• Crimean Khanate – Qırım Giray (1758–1764)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1754–1756, 1757–1762)
• Holy Roman Empire – Franz I (1745–1765)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August II (1733–1763)
• Princes
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich (1721–1765)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August (1747–1793)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Joseph (1740–1768)
  • Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX (1735–1763)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1727–1763)
  • Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII (1739–1768)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V(1746–1766)
  • Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich (1739–1762)
  • Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernest II, Prince of Irsenburg-Birstein (1754–1803)
  • Mergentheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732–1761)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria (1723–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Duchy of Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria (1728–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg (1723–1761)
  • Bishopric of Regensburg – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1719–1763)
  • Principality of Salm-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
  • Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738–1770)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias (1735–1764)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III (1732–1772)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
  • Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich (1744–1767)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg (1743–1770)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
• Counts and Prelates
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
  • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
  • Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Principality of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
  • Duchy of Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold (1741–1770)
  • County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
  • County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August *(1736–1781)
  • County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
  • County of Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich (1735–1768)
  • Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV (1747–1779)
  • County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
  • County of Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI (1723–1768)
  • County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
  • County of Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III (1733–1768)
  • Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
  • County of Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm (1727–1763)
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
  • County of Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho (1739–1768)
  • County of Stolberg-Stolberg – Christoph Ludwig II (1738–1761)
  • County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
  • Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
  • Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig (1726–1765)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
  • County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Mustafa III (1757–1774)
  • Grand Vizier – Koca Ragıp Pasha (1757–1763)
• Poland-Lithuania
  • King of Poland and Great Prince of Lithuania Augustus III (1734–1763)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Joseph I (1750–1777)
  • Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Count of Oeiras (1750–1777)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick II King of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles III (1759–1788)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Adolf Frederik (1751–1771)
  • Majority leader – Axel von Fersen, senior, Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates (1760–1762)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Francis Stephen (1737–1765)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter Steyn of Holland (1749–1772)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Loredan, Doge of Venice (1752–1762)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi –
  1. Al bu Falah clan founds shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi in 1761
  2. Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Ottoman Algeria – Baba Ali Bou-Seba, Dey of Algiers (1754–1766)
• Baku Khanate – Mirza Muhammad Khan (1747–1768)
• Ganja khanate –
  1. Shah Wardi Khan (1747–1761)
  2. Muhammad Hasan Khan (1761–1781)
• Kingdom of Imereti – Solomon I (1752–1766)
• Kuwait – Sabah I bin Jaber, Sheikh of Kuwait (1752–1764)
• Quba Khanate – Fatali Khan (1758–1789)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Mohammed III (1757–1790)
• Tabriz Khanate - Najaf Qoli Khan I (1747-1785)