1716 state leaders - Events of 1717 - 1718 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents

1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 Middle East and North Africa

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy -
  1. Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (1701-1717)
  2. Maniampon, Regent (1717-1720)
• Bunyoro - Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710-1731)
• Dahomey - Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708-1732)
• Ethiopia - Dawit III, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1716-1721)
• Nkore - Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699-c.1727)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) - Kangxi, Emperor of China (1662-1722)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Nakamikado, Emperor of Japan (1709-1735)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716-1745)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sukjong, King of Joseon (1674-1720)

Europe

• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick IV, King of Denmark (1699-1730)
  • Prime Minister - Christian Christophersen Sehested, Chancellor of Denmark (1708-1721)
• France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George I, King of Great Britain (1714-1727)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Robert Walpole, First Lord of the Treasury (1715-1717)
    2. James Stanhope, First Lord of the Treasury (1717-1718)
• Holy Roman Empire - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
• Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
• Prussia - Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740)
• Russia - Peter I, Tsar of Russia, (1682-1725)
• Spain - Philip V, King of Spain (1700-1724, 1724-1746)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch - Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)
  • Prime Minister - Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710-1738)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco - Ismail, Sultan of Morocco (1684-1727)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Ahmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703-1730)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Haci Halil Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1716-1717)
    2. Nisanci Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1717-1718)