List of state leaders in 1788

1787 state leaders - Events of 1788 - 1789 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
* Dahomey - Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
*Ethiopia -
**Iyasus III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1784-1788)
**Iyasus, Emperor of Ethiopia ("Pretender", 1787-1788)
**Baeda Maryam, Emperor of Ethiopia ("Pretender", 1787-1788)
**Tekle Haymanot, Emperor of Ethiopia ("Pretender", 1788-1789)
**Tekle Giyorgis I Emperor of Ethiopia (second reign, 1788-1789)
*Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

*United States - President of the Continental Congress:
**Cyrus Griffin, January 22 1788 to March 4 1789
* 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 Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752-1795)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Australia and Oceania

*Colony of New South Wales
**Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain, (1760-1801)
** Governor - Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788-1792)

Europe

* Andorra - Coprinces:
** Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785-1795)
** Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
* Denmark–Norway
** Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
** Prime Minister - Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784-1797)
* France - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
* Genoa - Raffaele De Ferrari Rodino, Doge of Genoa (1787-1789)
* Great Britain -
**Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
**Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801, 1804-1806)
* Holy Roman Empire - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
** Bavaria and the Palatinate - Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799) and Elector of Bavaria (1777-1799)
** Bohemia - Joseph II, King of Bohemia (1780-1790)
** Brandenburg - Frederick William II, Elector of Brandenburg (1786-1797)
** Cologne - Maximilian Francis of Austria, Archbishop of Cologne (1784-1801)
** Hanover - George III, Elector of Hanover (1760-1814/1820)
** Mainz - Friedrich Karl Josef von Erthal, Archbishop of Mainz (1774-1802)
** Saxony - Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony (1763-1806/1827)
** Trier - Clement Wenceslaus of Saxony, Archbishop of Trier (1768-1802)
* Hungary - Joseph II, King of Hungary (1780-1790)
* Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
* Modena - Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1780-1796)
*Naples - Ferdinand IV, King of Naples (1759-1799) "also King of Sicily"
* Papal States - Pope Pius VI, Bishop of Rome (1775-1799)
* Parma - Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1765-1802)
* Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764-1795)
* Portugal - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
* Prussia - Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786-1797)
* Russia - Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
* Sardinia - Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia (1771-1796)
* Sicily - Ferdinand III, King of Sicily (1759-1825) "also King of Naples"
* Sovereign and Military Order of the Knights of St. John Hospitaller of Malta - Jean-Emmanuel-Marie-des-Neiges, Prince de Rohan-Polduc, Grand Master (1775-1797)
* Spain -
*#Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1788)
*#Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
* Sweden - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792)
* Tuscany - Peter Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765-1790)
* United Provinces -
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
**Stadtholder - William V, Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751-1795)
***Holland - Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland (1787-1795)
* Venice - Paolo Rainiero, 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 - Koca Yusuf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1786-1789)

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