- List of state leaders in 1756
List of state leaders in 1755 - Events of 1756 -List of state leaders in 1757 -State leaders by year -----Africa
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Ashanti Confederacy -Kusi Obodom ,Asantehene (1750 -1764 )
* Dahomey -Tegbesu ,King of Dahomey (1732 -1774 )
*Ethiopian Empire - Iyoas I,Emperor of Ethiopia , (1755 -1769 )
*Zulu -Ndaba kaMageba , King of the Zulu (1745 -1763 )Asia
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Afghanistan -Ahmad Shah Abdali , King of Afghanistan (1747 -1772 )
*China (Qing Dynasty ) - Qianlong,Emperor of China (1735 -1796 )
*Empire of Japan
**Monarch - Momozono,Emperor of Japan (1747 -1762 )
**Shogun (Tokugawa) -Tokugawa Ieshige , Shogun of Japan (1745 -1760 )
**Ryūkyū Kingdom -Shō Boku , King of Ryūkyū (1752 -1795 )
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty ) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724 -1776 )Europe
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Andorra - Coprinces:
** Bishop of Urgell -
**#Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola ,Bishop of Urgell (1747 -1756 )
**# "Temporarily vacant (1756-1757)"
** Louis XV,King of France (1715 -1774 )
*Denmark–Norway -
** Monarch - Frederick V,King of Denmark (1746 -1766 )
** Prime Minister -Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff , Minister of State of Denmark (1751 -1770 )
* France - Louis XV,King of France (1715 -1774 )
* Great Britain -
**Monarch - George II,King of Great Britain (1727 -1760 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ,Prime Minister of Great Britain (1754 -1756 )
**#William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ,Prime Minister of Great Britain (1756 -1757 )
*Holy Roman Empire - Franz I,Holy Roman Emperor (1745 -1765 )
* Electors
**Bavaria - Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745 -1777 )
**Bohemia - Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740 -1780 )
**Brandenburg -Friedrich II of Prussia , Elector of Brandenburg (1740 -1786 )
** Cologne -Clemens August of Bavaria , Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723 -1761 )
** Hanover - Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727 -1760 )
** Mainz -Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein , Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743 -1763 )
**Saxony - Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733 -1763 )
** Trier -Franz Georg von Schönborn , Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729 -1756 )
*Princes
**Anhalt-Bernburg - Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721 -1765 )
** Anhalt-Zerbst - Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747 -1793 )
** Auersperg - Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713 -1783 )
**Augsburg - Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740 -1768 )
**Austria - Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740 -1780 )
**Baden-Baden - Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707 -1761 )
**Baden-Durlach - Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738 -1771 , ruled all of Baden1771 -1811 )
**Brandenburg-Ansbach - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723 -1757 )
**Brandenburg-Bayreuth - Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735 -1763 )
**Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735 -1780 )
**Corvey -Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg , Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737 -1758 )
** Eichstätt -Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt (1736 -1757 )
**Ellwangen -Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim , Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732 -1756 )
**Freising -Johann Theodor of Bavaria , Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727 -1763 )
**Fulda -Amandus von Buseck , Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737 -1752 , Bishop of Fulda1752 -1756 )
** Fürstenberg - Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716 -1762 , Count1704 -1716 )
** Hesse-Darmstadt - Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739 -1768 )
** Hildesheim -Clemens August of Bavaria , Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724 -1761 , also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
**Holstein-Glückstadt - Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746 -1766 )
**Holstein-Gottorp - Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739 -1762 )
**Kempten -Engelbert von Sorgenstein , Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747 -1760 )
**Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1747 -1756 )
**Mergentheim -Clemens August of Bavaria , Prince and Grand Master of theTeutonic Order (1732 -1761 )
** Münster -Clemens August of Bavaria , Prince-Bishop of Münster (1723 -1761 , also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Oldenburg - Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746 -1766 )
** Osnabrück -Clemens August of Bavaria , Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1728 -1761 , also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Paderborn -Clemens August of Bavaria , Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719 -1761 , also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Palatinate - Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742 -1799 )
**Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken - Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735 -1775 )
**Palatinate-Sulzbach - Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733 -1799 )
**Passau -Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg , Prince-Bishop of Passau (1723 -1761 )
** Regensburg -Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria , Bishop of Regensburg (1719 -1763 )
**Salm-Kyrburg - Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742 -1778 )
**Salm-Salm - Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738 -1770 )
**Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735 -1764 )
**Saxe-Gotha - Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732 -1772 )
**Saxe-Hildburghausen - Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745 -1780 )
**Saxe-Meiningen - Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706 -1763 )
**Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744 -1767 )
**Schwarzburg-Sondershausen -Heinrich XXXVIII , Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740 -1758 )
** Speyer -Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg , Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743 -1770 )
** Worms -Franz Georg von Schönborn , Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732 -1756 , also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
**Württemberg - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737 -1793 )* Counts and Prelates
**Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym -Viktor I , Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727 -1772 )
**Bentheim-Steinfurt - Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733 -1780 )
** Essen -Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach , Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726 -1776 )
**Gandersheim -Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen , Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713 -1766 )
**Gutenzell -Franziska von Gall , Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747 -1759 )
**Hohenlohe-Bartenstein - Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744 -1763 , Count1729 -1744 )
**Hohenlohe-Langenburg - Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715 -1764 , Prince1764 -1765 )
**Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen - Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743 -1764 , prince1764 -1781 )
**Hohenlohe-Öhringen - Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702 -1764 , Prince1764 -1765 )
**Hohenlohe-Weikersheim - Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702 -1756 )
**Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715 -1769 )
**Hoogstraten - Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741 -1770 )
**Isenburg-Meerholz - Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724 -1774 )
**Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim - Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698 -1766 )
**Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg - Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1722 -1756 )
**Lindau -Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen , Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743 -1757 )
**Lippe-Biesterfeld - Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736 -1781 )
**Lippe-Weissenfeld - Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736 -1781 )
**Nassau-Saarbrücken - Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735 -1768 )
**Nassau-Usingen - Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718 -1775 )
**Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen - Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739 -1780 )
**Reuss-Ebersdorf - Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747 -1779 )
**Reuss-Lobenstein - Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739 -1782 )
**Reuss-Obergreiz - Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723 -1768 )
**Reuss-Schleiz - Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744 -1784 )
**Reuss-Untergreiz - Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733 -1768 )
**Salm-Dyck - August Eugen Bernhard, Count ("Altgraf") of Salm-Dyck (1727 -1767 )
**Salm-Grumbach - Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727 -1763 )
**Salm-Leuze - Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716 -1779 )
**Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg - Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741 -1773 )
**Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1735 -1756 )
**Stolberg-Rossla - Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739 -1768 )
**Stolberg-Stolberg - Christoph Ludwig II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1738 -1761 )
**Stolberg-Wernigerode - Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710 -1771 )
**Waldeck-Pyrmont - Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728 -1763 )
**Weingarten -Domenicus II Schnitzer , Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746 -1784 )
**Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) - Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726 -1765 )
**Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) - Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726 -1787 )
**Wied - Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737 -1784 )* Ireland - George II,
King of Ireland (1727 -1760 )
* Portugal -
** Monarch - Joseph I,King of Portugal (1750 -1777 )
** Prime Minister - Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo,Marquis de Pombal (1750 -1777 )
* Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740 -1786 )
*Russian Empire -Elizabeth Petrovna ,Tsaritsa of Russia (1741 -1762 )
*Spain - Fernando VI,King of Spain (1746 -1759 )
* Sweden - Age of Liberty
**Monarch - Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751 -1771 )
**Majority leader -Axel von Fersen, senior ,Lantmarskalk of theRiksdag of the Estates (1755 -1756 )
* United Provinces -
**Estates ofFriesland ,Groningen (province) ,Guelders ,Holland ,Overijssel , Utrecht,Zeeland (1581 -1795 )
**Stadtholder -William V, Prince of Orange , Stadtholder ofFriesland ,Groningen (province) ,Guelders ,Holland ,Overijssel , Utrecht,Zeeland (1751 -1795 )
***Holland -Grand Pensionary Pieter Steyn of Holland (1749 -1772 )
*Venice -Francesco Loredan , Doge of Venice (1752 -1762 )Middle East and North Africa
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Algeria -Baba Ali Bou-Seba , Dey of Algiers (1754 -1766 )
*Morocco - Abdallah IV,Sultan of Morocco (1745 -1757 )
*Ottoman Empire
**Monarch -Osman III ,Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1754 -1757 )
**Grand Vizier -
**#Mehmed Said Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1755 -1756 )
**#Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1756 )
*Tunis - Ali,Bey of Tunis (1735 -1756 )
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