List of state leaders in 1773

See also
List of state leaders in 1772 Events of 1773 List of state leaders in 1774 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1773

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1773.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
Avaradrano – Andrianjafy (1770–1787)
Bornu Empire – Ali III (1750–1791)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
Sultanate of Damagaram – Tanimoun Babani (1757–1775)
Ethiopian Empire – Tekle Haymanot II (1769–1777)
Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro XI of Kongo (1764–1778)
Ndzuwani – Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Asia

Durrani Empire – Timur Shah (1772–1793)
Bikaner State – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
Sultanate of Brunei – Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin I (1762–1795)
China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
Hyderabad State – Ali Khan Asaf Jah II, Nizam of Hyderabad (1762–1803)
Empire of Japan
- Monarch – Go-Momozono (1771–1779)
- Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
Kazakh Khanate – Ablai Khan (1771–1781)
Las Bela – Jam Ghulam, Shah (1765–1776)
Negeri Sembilan – Raja Melewar, Yamtuan Besar (1773–1795)
Sultanate of Perak –
1. Sultan Mahmud Shah II Ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Shah (1765–1773)
2. Sultan Alauddin Mansur Shah Iskandar Muda Ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Shah (1773–1786)
Pontianak Sultanate – Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie (1771–1808)
Sultanate of Sulu – Azim ud-Din I
Thailand (capital at Thonburi) - Taksin the Great (1769–1782)
Travancore – Dharma Raja, Maharaja of Travancore (1758–1798)
Đại Việt – Lê Hiển Tông (1740–1786)

Europe

Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
Andorra – Co-princes:
- Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772–1779)
- Louis XV of France (1715–1774)
Crimean Khanate – Sahib II Giray (1771–1775)
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
- Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
- Minister of State – Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1772–1784)
Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
Kingdom of Great Britain –
- Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
- Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1770–1782)
Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II (1765–1790)
- 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, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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. Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1771–1774)
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 – Absolutism
- Monarch – Gustav III (1771–1792)
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 van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772–1787)
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)
Kartli-Kakheti – Erekle II (1744–1798)
Georgia – Solomon I of Imereti (1768–1782)
Quba Khanate – Fatali Khan (1758–1789)
Sultanate of Morocco – Mohammed III (1757–1790)