List of state leaders in 1776

1775 state leaders – Events of 1776 – 1777 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764-1777)
• Dahomey – Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771-1779)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) –
  1. Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)
  2. Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772-1779)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister – Ove Jørgensen Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772-1784)
• France – Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch – George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
  • Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1770-1782)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
• Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
• Portugal – Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750-1777)
• 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)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761-1793)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757-1790)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch – Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
  • Grand Vizier – Dervis Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1775-1777)