List of state leaders in 1739

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Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
* Bunyoro - Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782)
* Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
* Ethiopia - Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730-1755)
* Nkore - Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1727-c.1755)
*Zulu - Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727-1745)

Asia

* China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
* Hyderabad - Asaf Jah I, Nizam of Hyderabad (1720-1748)
* Japan
**Monarch - Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735-1747)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716-1745)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713-1751)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)
*Maratha Confederacy -
**Monarch - Shahuji, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (1707-1749)
**Prime Minister - Baji Rao I, Peshwa (1719-1740)
*Mughal Empire - Muhammad Shah, Mughal Emperor (1720-1748)

Europe

* Denmark–Norway -
** Monarch - Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730-1746)
** Prime Minister - Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735-1751)
* France -
**Monarch - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
**Chief Minister - Cardinal Fleury, Chief Minister of France (1726-1743)
* Great Britain -
**Monarch - George II, King of Great Britain (1727-1760), also "King of Ireland" and "Elector of Hanover"
**Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721-1742)
*Holy Roman Empire - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
**Anhalt-Bernburg - Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721-1765)
**Anhalt-Dessau - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693-1747)
**Anhalt-Köthen - Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728-1755)
**Anhalt-Zerbst - John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1718-1742)
**Augsburg - Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg, Bishop of Augsburg (1737-1740)
**Austria - Emperor Charles VI, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Styria, etc. (1711-1740)
**Austrian Netherlands -
***Monarch - Empror Charles VI, Duke of Brabant, Count of Flanders, etc. (1714-1740)
***Governor-General - Archduchess Maria Elisabeth, Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands (1724-1741)
**Baden-Baden - Louis George Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707-1761)
**Baden-Durlach - Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1811)
**Bamberg - Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Bishop of Bamberg (1729-1746), also "Bishop of Würzburg"
**Bavaria - Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria (1726-1745)
**Bohemia - Emperor Charles VI, King of Bohemia (1711-1740), also "Holy Roman Emperor" and "King of Hungary"
**Brandenburg - Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg (1713-1740), also "King of Prussia"
**Brandenburg-Ansbach - Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723-1757)
**Brandenburg-Bayreuth - Frederick IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735-1763)
**Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbüttel (1735-1780)
**Cologne - Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop of Cologne (1723-1761), also "Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, Osnabrück," and "Paderborn", and "Grand Master of the Teutonic Order"
**Hanover - George II, Elector of Hanover, also "King of Great Britain and Ireland"
**Hesse-Darmstadt -
**#Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1678-1739)
**#Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739-1768)
**Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also "King of Sweden" (1730-1751)
**Hildesheim - Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Hildesheim (1723-1761), also "Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück," and "Paderborn," and "Grand Master of the Teutonic Order"
**Holstein-Glückstadt - Christian VI, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt (1730-1746)
**Holstein-Gottorp -
**#Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1702-1739)
**#Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739-1762)
**Liège - Georges-Louis de Berghes, Bishop of Liège (1724-1743)
**Lübeck - Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp] , Bishop of Lübeck (1727-1750)
**Mainz - Philipp Karl von Eltz, Archbishop of Mainz (1732-1743)
**Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Charles Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713-1747)
**Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752)
**Münster - Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Münster (1719-1761), also "Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Osnabrück," and "Paderborn," and "Grand Master of the Teutonic Order"
**Osnabrück - Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Osnabrück (1728-1761), also "Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster," and "Paderborn," and "Grand Master of the Teutonic Order"
**Paderborn - Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Paderborn (1719-1761), also "Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster," and "Osnabrück," and "Grand Master of the Teutonic Order"
**Palatinate - Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1716-1742)
**Palatinate-Sulzbach - Charles Theodore, Duke of Sulzbach (1733-1799)
**Palatinate-Zweibrücken - Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735-1775)
**Salzburg - Leopold Anton von Firmian, Archbishop of Salzburg (1727-1744)
**Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1729- [1745] )
**Saxe-Eisenach - William Henry, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1729-1741)
**Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg - Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1732-1772)
**Saxe-Hildburghausen - Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1724-1745)
**Saxe-Meiningen - Charles Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1729-1743)
**Saxe-Weimar - Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728-1748)
**Saxony - Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (1733-1763), also "King of Poland"
**Speyer - Hugo Damian von Schönborn, Bishop of Speyer (1719-1743)
**Teutonic Order - Clemens August of Bavaria, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1723-1761), also "Archbishop of Cologne" and "Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, Osnabrück," and "Paderborn"
**Trent - Anton Dominik von Thun, Bishop of Trent (1730-1748)
**Trier - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop of Trier (1729-1756), also "Bishop of Worms" and "Provost of Ellwangen"
**Worms - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Bishop of Worms (1732-1756), also "Archbishop of Trier" and "Provost of Ellwangen"
**Württemberg - Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1737-1793)
**Würzburg - Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Bishop of Würzburg (1729-1746), also "Bishop of Bamberg"
*Hungary - Charles III, King of Hungary (1711-1740), also "Holy Roman Emperor" and "King of Bohemia"
*Ireland - George II, King of Ireland (1727-1760), also "King of Great Britain" and "Elector of Hanover"
*Lorraine - Stanislaus, Duke of Lorraine (1737-1766)
*Modena - Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1737-1780)
*Naples - Charles VII, King of Naples (1734-1759), also "King of Sicily"
*Papal States - Pope Clement XII, Bishop of Rome (1730-1740)
*Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Augustus III, King of Poland (1733-1763), also "Elector of Saxony"
*Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
*Prussia - Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), also "Elector of Brandenburg"
*Russia - Anna, Empress of Russia (1730-1740)
*Sardinia - Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (1730-1773)
*Sicily - Charles V, King of Sicily (1734-1759), also "King of Naples"
*Spain - Philip V, King of Spain (1700-1724, 1724-1746)
*Sweden - Age of Liberty
**Monarch - Frederick I, King of Sweden, also "Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel" (1720-1751)
**Majority leader - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1738-1739)
* Tuscany - Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737-1765)
* United Provinces
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
**Grand Pensionary of Holland - Anthonie van der Heim (1736-1746)
*** Friesland - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711-1751)
*** Groningen (province) - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen|Groningen (1729-1751)
*** Guelders - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722-1751)
*Venice - Alvise Pisani, Doge of Venice (1735-1741)

Middle East and North Africa

* Morocco - Al-Mostadi, Sultan of Morocco (1738-1740)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730-1754)
**Grand Vizier -
**# Yegen Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1737-1739)
**# Haci Ivazzade Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1739-1740)
* Persia - Nader Shah, Shah of Persia (1736-1747)
* Tunis - Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)