List of state leaders in 1780

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1780.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Kpengla (1774–1789)
• Daura Emirate - Sarkin Gwari Abdu (1778-1825)
• Ethiopian Empire – Tekle Giyorgis I (first reign, 1779–1784)
• Futa Toro – Abdul Kaader, Almami of Futa Toro (1776–1807)
• Kingdom of Koya – Nembanga (1775–1793)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Americas

• United States – President of the Second Continental Congress of the United States:
  • Samuel Huntington, 28 September 1779 to 28 February 1781
• Vermont – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (13 March 1778 – 13 October 1789)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Timur Shah (1772–1793)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin I (1762–1795)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkak (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Greater Khorasan – Shahrukh Afshar (1750–1796)
• Las Bela – Mir Khan I, ruled 1776–1818
• Persia – Sadiq Khan Zand, Shah of Persia (1779–1781)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Bishop of Urgell –
    1. Temporarily vacant (1779–1780)
    2. Juan de García y Montenegro (1780–1783)
  • Louis XVI of France (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1772–1784)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XVI (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1770–1782)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg - Friedrich Albrecht (1765–1796)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau - Leopold III (1751–1817)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Köthen - Karl Georg Leberecht (1755–1789)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August (1747–1793)
  • Duchy of Arenberg – Louis Engelbert (1778–1803)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1768–1803)
  • Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
  • Margraviate of Baden – Karl Friedrich (1738–1811)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg – Franz Ludwig von Erthal (1779–1795)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Basel – Ludwig von Wangen-Geroldseck (1775–1783)
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Karl Theodor (1777–1799)
  • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden -
    1. Franz Anton Joseph von Hausen-Gleichenstorff (1768–1780)
    2. Joseph Konrad von Schroffen-Mös (1780–1803)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach - Charles Alexander (1757–1791)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Brixen – Joseph Philipp von Spaur (1779–1791)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
    1. Karl I (1735–1780)
    2. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (1780–1806)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Chur - Franz Dionysius von Rost, Prince-Bishop of Brixen (1777–1794)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1761–1784)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Constance – Maximilian Christoph von Rodt (1775–1800)
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey - Theodor von Brabeck, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1776–1794)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt – Raimondo Antonio di Strasoldo (1757–1781)
  • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen - Anton Ignaz Joseph von Fugger-Glött (1756–1787)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Ludwig Joseph von Welden (1769–1788)
  • Imperial Abbey of Fulda - Heinrich VIII von Biera, Prince-Bishop of Fulda (1759–1788)
  • Electorate of Hanover – Georg III (1760–1814/1820)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt - Louis IX (1768–1790)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel - Frederick II (1760–1785)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim – Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen (1763–1789)
  • Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Joseph William Franz (1750–1798)
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Liège – Franz Karl von Welsbruck (1772–1784)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1774–1802)
  • Duchy of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus I (1773–1785)
  • Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten - Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1760–1785)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck - Frederick Augustus of Holstein-Gottorp (1750–1785)
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick II (1756–1785)
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick IV (1752–1794)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1761–1784)
  • Principality of Orange-Nassau - William V (1751–1806)
  • Principality of Nomény - Joseph II (1765–1790)
  • Order of St. John - Franz Christoph Benedict von Reinach, Grand Prior of Heitersheim in the Order of St. John (1777–1796)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück – Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1764–1802)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg (1763–1782)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Theodor (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Zweibrücken - Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1775–1795)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Passau – Leopold Ernst Joseph von Firmian (1763–1783)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg – Anton Ignaz Joseph von Fugger-Glött (1769–1787)
  • Principality of Salm-Kyrburg - Frederick III (1779–1794)
  • Principality of Salm-Salm - Constantine Alexander (1778–1813)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg - Hieronymus von Colloredo (1771–1803)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Victor Amadeus III (1773–1796)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Ernst Frederick (1764–1800)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – Ernst II (1772–1804)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen –
    1. Ernst Frederick III (1745–1780)
    2. Frederick (1780–1826)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Karl Wilhelm (1763–1782)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - Karl August (1758–1828)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August III (1763–1806/1827)
  • Schwarzenberg - Joseph Adam, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1732–1782)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Speyer – Damian August Philipp von Limburg-Vehlen-Styrum (1770–1797)
  • Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy - Jacques de Hubin, Prince-Abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy (1766–1786)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Louis René de Rohan-Guemené (1779–1801)
  • Teutonic Order -
    1. Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1761–1780)
    2. Maximilian Francis of Austria, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1780–1801)
  • Thurn und Taxis - Karl Anselm (1773–1805)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Trent – Emmanuel Maria Peter Vigilius von Thun-Hohenstein (1776–1800)
  • Archbishopric of Trier – Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1768–1802)
  • Duchy of West Pomerania - Gustavus III (1771–1792)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Worms – Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal (1774–1801)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg – Franz Ludwig von Erthal (1779–1795)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Duchy of Modena and Reggio –
  1. Francesco III (1737–1780)
  2. Ercole III (1780–1796)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand IV (1759–1798)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Abdul Hamid I, (1774–1789)
  • Grand Vizier – Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha (1779–1781)
• Papal States – Pope Pius VI, Bishop of Rome (1775–1799)
• Duchy of Parma – Ferdinand and Piacenza (1765–1802)
• Poland – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I Francisca (1777–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick II (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Kingdom of Sardinia – Victor Amadeus III (1773–1796)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Ferdinand III (1759–1816)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles III (1759–1788)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III (1771–1792)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Peter Leopold I (1765–1790)
• 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 van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772–1787)
• Republic of Venice – Paolo Renier, Doge of Venice (1779–1789)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Gazikumukh Khanate –
• Quba Khanate – Fatali Khan (1758–1789)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Mohammed III (1757–1790)