List of state leaders in 1781

1780 state leaders - Events of 1781 - 1782 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
* Dahomey - Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
*Ethiopia - Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (first reign, 1779-1784)
*Zulu -
*# Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)
*# Senzangakona kaJama, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

*United States -
**President of the Second Continental Congress of the United States:
***Samuel Huntington, September 28 1779 to February 28 1781
**Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled:
**#Samuel Huntington, March 1 1781 to July 6 1781
**# Thomas McKean, July 10 1781 to November 5 1781
**# John Hanson, November 5 1781 to November 4 1782
* Vermont - Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (March 13, 1778-October 13, 1789)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
* China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
* Japan
**Monarch - Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752-1795)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Europe

* Andorra - Co-Princes:
** Joan de García y Montenegro, Bishop of Urgell (1780-1783)
** Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
* Denmark–Norway
** Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
** Prime Minister - Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772-1784)
* France - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
* 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-Zerbst - Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747-1793)
** Auersperg - Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713-1783)
** Baden-Durlach - Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1771, ruled all of Baden 1771-1811)
** Brandenburg - Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740-1786)
** Hanover - Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760-1814/1820)
** Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen - Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743-1764, prince 1764-1781)
** Lippe-Biesterfeld - Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1736-1781)
** Lippe-Weissenfeld - Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736-1781)
** Palatinate - Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799)
** Palatinate-Sulzbach - Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733-1799)
** Reuss-Lobenstein - Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739-1782)
** Reuss-Schleiz - Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744-1784)
** Saxony - Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763-1806/1827)
** 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 - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
* 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)
* 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 van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772-1787)
*Venice - Paolo Renier, Doge of Venice (1779-1789)

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 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1779-1781)
**# Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1781-1782)