1720 state leaders - Events of 1721 - 1722 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 - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
• Bunyoro - Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710-1731)
• Dahomey - Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708-1732)
• Ethiopia -
  1. Dawit III, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1716-1721)
  2. Walda Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721)
  3. Asma Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721-1730)
• 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) - Gyeongjong, King of Joseon (1720-1724)

Europe

• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick IV, King of Denmark (1699-1730)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Christian Christophersen Sehested, Chancellor of Denmark (1708-1721)
    2. Ulrik Adolf, Grand Chancellor of Denmark (1721-1730)
• France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George I, King of Great Britain (1714-1727)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, First Lord of the Treasury (1718-1721)
    2. Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721-1742)
• 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 - Age of Liberty
  • Monarch - Frederick I, King of Sweden (1720-1751)
  • 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 - Nevsehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1718-1730)