List of state leaders in 1772 - Definition and Overview

1771 state leaders - Events of 1772 - 1773 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764-1777)
• Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
• Zulu - Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  • Kabul -
    1. Ahmad Shah, King of Afghanistan (1747-1772)
    2. Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
  • Kandahar -
    1. Ahmad Shah, King of Afghanistan (1747-1772)
    2. Kandahar secedes from Kabul control
    3. Solayman Shah, King of Kandahar (1772)
    4. Kandahar returns to Kabul control
    5. Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771-1779)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)

Europe

• Andorra - Coprinces:
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Temporarily vacant (1771-1772)
    2. Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772-1779)
  • Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Johann Friedrich Struensee, Minister of State of Denmark (1770-1772)
    2. Ove Jørgensen Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772-1784)
• France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• 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)
• Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
• Portugal - Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750-1777)
• 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)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761-1793)
• Morocco - Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757-1790)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757-1774)
  • Grand Vizier - Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1771-1773)