List of state leaders in 1771

1770 state leaders - Events of 1771 - 1772 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764-1777)
* Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
*Ethiopia - Tekle Haymanot II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1769 - 1777)
*Zulu - Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Ahmad Shah Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747-1772)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
* Japan
**Monarch -
**#Go-Sakuramachi, Empress of Japan (1762-1771)
**#Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771-1779)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752-1795)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)

Europe

*Andorra - Coprinces:
**Bishop of Urgell -
**#Francesc Fernández de Xátiva y Contreras, Bishop of Urgell (1763-1771)
**#Temporarily vacant (1771-1772)
**Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
*Denmark–Norway
**Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
**Prime Minister - Johann Friedrich Struensee, Minister of State of Denmark (1770-1772)
*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)
** Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym - Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727-1772)
** Anhalt-Zerbst - Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747-1793)
** Auersperg - Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713-1783)
** Austria - Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740-1780)
** Baden-Durlach - Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1771, ruled all of Baden 1771-1811)
** Bavaria - Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745-1777)
** Bentheim-Steinfurt - Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733-1780)
** Bohemia - Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740-1780)
** Brandenburg - Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740-1786)
** Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1780)
** Essen - Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726-1776)
** Hanover - Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760-1814/1820)
** Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen - Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743-1764, prince 1764-1781)
** Isenburg-Meerholz - Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724-1774)
** Lippe-Biesterfeld - Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1736-1781)
** Lippe-Weissenfeld - Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736-1781)
** Mainz - Emmerich Josef von Briedbach, Archbishop of Mainz (1763-1774)
** Nassau-Usingen - Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718-1775)
** Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen - Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739-1780)
** 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)
** Reuss-Ebersdorf - Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747-1779)
** Reuss-Lobenstein - Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739-1782)
** Reuss-Schleiz - Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744-1784)
** Salm-Kyrburg - Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742-1778)
** Salm-Leuze - Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716-1779)
** Saxe-Gotha - Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732-1772)
** Saxe-Hildburghausen - Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745-1780)
** Saxony - Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763-1806/1827)
** Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg - Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741-1773)
** Stolberg-Wernigerode - Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710-1771)
** Weingarten - Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746-1784)
** 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)
** Württemberg - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737-1793)

* Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
* Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764-1795)
* 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)
*Russia - Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
* Spain - Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1788)
* Sweden - Age of Liberty
**#Monarch - Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751-1771)
**#Monarch - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792)
* 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 - Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763-1779)

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 -
**# Silahdar Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1770-1771)
**# Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1771-1773)