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

* 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

* 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

* 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 Baden 1771-1811)
** 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 Fulda 1752-1756)
** Fürstenberg - Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716-1762, Count 1704-1716)
** 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 the Teutonic 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, Count 1729-1744)
** Hohenlohe-Langenburg - Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715-1764, Prince 1764-1765)
** Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen - Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743-1764, prince 1764-1781)
** Hohenlohe-Öhringen - Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702-1764, Prince 1764-1765)
** 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 the Riksdag of the Estates (1755-1756)
* United Provinces -
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
**Stadtholder - William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, 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

* 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)