List of state leaders in 1770

See also
List of state leaders in 1769 Events of 1770 List of state leaders in 1771 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1770

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1770.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
Kingdom of Buganda – Kyabaggu Kabinuli (1750–1780)
Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
Ethiopian Empire –
- Tekle Haymanot II (1769–1777)
- Susenyos II (Pretender, June – December 1770)
Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro XI of Kongo (1764–1778)
Ndzuwani – Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
Nupe Kingdom – Jibiri
Welayta – Ogatto, ruled 1761–1800
Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Asia

Durrani Empire – Ahmad Shah Abdali (1747–1772)
Bikaner State – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
Bhutan – Donam Lhundub, Druk Desis of Bhutan (1768–1773)
Sultanate of Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin I (1762–1795)
Bundi State –
1. Rao Raja Umaid Singh (1749–1770)
2. Rao Raja Ajit Singh (1770–1773).
China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
Empire of Japan
- Monarch – Go-Sakuramachi (1762–1771)
- Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)

Europe

Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
Andorra – Co-princes:
- Francesc Fernández de Xátiva y Contreras, Bishop of Urgell (1763–1771)
- Louis XV of France (1715–1774)
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
- Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
- Minister of State –
  1. Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff (1751–1770)
  2. Johann Friedrich Struensee (1770–1772)
Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
Kingdom of Great Britain –
- Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
- Prime Minister –
  1. Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1768–1770)
  2. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1770–1782)
Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II (1765–1790)
- Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
- Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August (1747–1793)
- Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
- Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
- Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
- Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
- County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
- Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
- Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
- Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
- Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
- Electorate of Hanover – Georg III (1760–1814/1820)
- County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
- Duchy of Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold (1741–1770)
- County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
- County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August (1736–1781)
- County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
- Electorate of Mainz – Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim, Archbishop of Mainz (1763–1774)
- Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
- Electoral Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor (1742–1799)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
- Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
- County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV (1747–1779)
- County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
- County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
- Principality of Salm-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
- Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
- Principality of Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold (1738–1770)
- Duchy of Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III (1732–1772)
- Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
- Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August III (1763–1806/1827)
- County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
- Prince-Bishopric of Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg (1743–1770)
- County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
- Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
- County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)
- Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)

Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan of the Ottoman Empire - Mustafa III (1757–1774)
- Grand Vizier –
  1. Ivazzade Halil Pasha (1769–1770)
  2. Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (1770–1771)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
- Monarch – Joseph I (1750–1777)
- Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1750–1777)
Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick II (1740–1786)
Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
Kingdom of Spain – Charles III (1759–1788)
Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
- Monarch – Adolf Frederik (1751–1771)
- Majority leader – Axel von Fersen, senior, Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates (1769–1770)
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 Steyn of Holland (1749–1772)
Republic of Venice – Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)

Middle East and North Africa

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