List of state leaders in 1771
1770 state leaders – Events of 1771 – 1772 state leaders – State leaders by year
Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
- Avaradrano - Andrianjafy (1770–1787)
- Baguirmi - Hajji Mohammed al'Amin, Sultan of Baguirmi (1751–1785)
- Bornu - Ali III, King of Bornu (1750–1791)
- Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
- Damagaram - Tanimoun Babani, Sultan of Damagaram (1757–1775)
- Ethiopia – Tekle Haymanot II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1769–1777)
- Kalabari Kingdom - Amakiri I, king (1770–1790)
- Kongo - Álvaro XI of Kongo, King of Kongo (1764–1778)
- Ndzuwani - Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
- Welayta - Ogatto, ruled 1761-1800
- Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)
Asia
Europe
- Andorra – Coprinces:
- Denmark–Norway
- France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
- Great Britain –
- Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
- Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
- Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
- Austria – Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740–1780)
- Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
- Bavaria – Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745–1777)
- Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733–1780)
- Bohemia – Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740–1780)
- Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740–1786)
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
- Essen – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
- Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
- Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
- Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
- Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1736–1781)
- Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
- Mainz – Emmerich Josef von Briedbach, Archbishop of Mainz (1763–1774)
- Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
- Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
- Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
- Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
- Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
- Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
- Salm-Kyrburg – Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742–1778)
- Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
- Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732–1772)
- Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
- Saxony – Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763–1806/1827)
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
- Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
- Weingarten – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726–1787)
- Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737–1784)
- Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
- Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
- Portugal –
- 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 – Age of Liberty
- 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)
- Venice – Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)
Middle East and North Africa
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