List of state leaders in 1721

1720 state leaders – Events of 1721 – 1722 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
• Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710-1731)
• Dahomey – Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708-1732)
• Ethiopia –
  1. Dawit III, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1716-1721)
  2. Walda Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721)
  3. Asma Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721-1730)
• Nkore – Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699-c.1727)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) – Kangxi, Emperor of China (1662-1722)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Nakamikado, Emperor of Japan (1709-1735)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716-1745)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Gyeongjong, King of Joseon (1720-1724)

Europe

• Denmark –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV, King of Denmark (1699-1730)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Christian Christophersen Sehested, Chancellor of Denmark (1708-1721)
    2. Ulrik Adolf, Grand Chancellor of Denmark (1721-1730)
• France – Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George I, King of Great Britain (1714-1727)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, First Lord of the Treasury (1718-1721)
    2. Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721-1742)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
• Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
• Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740)
• Russia – Peter I, Tsar of Russia, (1682-1725)
• Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700-1724, 1724-1746)
• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Frederick I, King of Sweden (1720-1751)
  • Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710-1738)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco – Ismail, Sultan of Morocco (1684-1727)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Ahmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703-1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Nevsehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1718-1730)