List of state leaders in 1779

1778 state leaders – Events of 1779 – 1780 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Dahomey – Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774–1789)
• Ethiopia –
  1. Salomon II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1777–1779)
  2. Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (first reign, 1779–1784)
• Fouta Tooro - Abdul Kaader, King of Fouta Tooro (1776–1807)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Americas

• United States – Presidents of the Second Continental Congress of the United States:
  1. John Jay, 10 December 1778 to 28 September 1779
  2. Samuel Huntington, 28 September 1779 to 28 February 1781,
• Vermont – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (13 March 1778 – 13 October 1789)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772–1793)
• Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin I, Sultan of Brunei (1762–1795)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Hyderabad - Ali Khan Asaf Jah II, Nizam of Hyderabad (1762–1803)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771–1779)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760–1786)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
• Las Bela - Mir Khan I, ruled 1776-1818
• Persia -
  1. Karim Khan, Shah of Persia (1760–1779)
  2. Muhammad Ali Khan, Shah of Persia (1779)
  3. Abol Fath Khan, Shah of Persia (1779)
  4. Sadiq Khan Zand, Shah of Persia (1779–1781)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Bishop of Urgell –
    1. Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772–1779)
    2. Temporarily vacant (1779–1780)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774–1792)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766–1808)
  • Prime Minister – Ove 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1736–1781)
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
  • 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-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
  • Saxony – Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763–1806/1827)
  • 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 (Turkih) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Abd-ul-Hamid I, (1774–1789)
  • Grand Vizier
    1. Kalafat Mehmed Pasha (1778–1779)
    2. Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha (1779–1781)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Portugal – Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777–1816)
• 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)
• 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)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772–1787)
• Venice –
  1. Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)
  2. Paolo Renier, Doge of Venice (1779–1789)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)