State leaders in 1754 - Events of 1755 - State leaders in 1756 - State leaders by year 
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==Africa==
* '''Ashanti Confederacy''' - Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750-1764)
* '''Dahomey''' - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
* '''Ethiopian Empire''' -
*# Iyasus II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730 - 1755)
*# Iyoas I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1755 - 1769)
*'''King of the Zulu (1745-1763)

==Asia==
* '''Afghanistan''' - Ahmad Shah Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747-1772)
* '''Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
* '''Empire of Japan'''
**Monarch - Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1747-1762)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Shogun of Japan (1745-1760)
**'''Ryūkyū Kingdom''' - Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752-1795)
*'''Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)

==Europe==
* '''Andorra''' - Coprinces:
** Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola, Bishop of Urgell (1747-1756)
** Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
* '''Denmark–Norway''' - 
** Monarch - Frederick V, King of Denmark (1746-1766)
** Prime Minister - 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)
*'''Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
* Electors
** Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745-1777)
** 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)
** Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733-1763)
** Trier - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729-1756)
*Princes
** Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721-1765)
** August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728-1755)
** Anhalt-Zerbst - Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747-1793)
** Auersperg - Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713-1783)
** Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740-1768)
** Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740-1780)
** Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707-1761)
** Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1771, ruled all of Baden 1771-1811)
** Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723-1757)
** Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735-1763)
** 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)
** Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746-1766)
** Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739-1762)
** Kempten - Engelbert von Sorgenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747-1760)
** 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)
** Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735-1775)
** 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)
** Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742-1778)
** Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738-1770)
** Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735-1764)
** Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732-1772)
** Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745-1780)
** Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706-1763)
** 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)
** Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737-1793)

== Afrika ==
* '''Äthiopien'''
** Kaiser: Jesus II. (1730–1755)
** Kaiser: Joas I. (1755–1769)

* '''Burundi'''
** König: Mutaga III. Senyamwiza (ca. 1739–etwa 1767)

* '''Dahomey'''
** König: Tegbesu (1732–1774)

* '''Marokko'''
** Machtkämpfe unter den Stämmen, kein anerkannter Herrscher bis 1757

* '''Husainiden-Dynastie)
** Ali Pascha (1735–1756)

== Asien ==
* Afghanistan
** Emir: Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747-1772)

* '''China''' (Qing-Dynastie)
** Kaiser: Qian Long (1735–1796)

* '''Japan'''
** Kaiser: Momozono (1747–1762)
** Shogun (Tokugawa): Tokugawa Ieshige (1745–1760)

* '''Osmanisches Reich'''
** Sultan: Osman III. (1754–1757)

* '''Persien''' (Zand-Prinzen)
** Schah: Karim Khan (1750–1779)

* '''Thailand'''
** König: Boromakot (1733–1758)

== Europa ==
* '''Baden'''
** Ludwig Georg Simpert (1727–1761)

* '''Bayern'''
** Kurfürst: Maximilian III. Joseph (1745–1777)

* '''Dänemark''' -
** Friedrich V. (1746–1766)
** Kanzler: Johan Hartwig Ernst (1751–1770)

* '''Frankreich'''
** Ludwig XV. (1715–1774)

* '''Genua'''
** Gouverneur und Doge: Gian Giacomo Veneroso (1754–1756)

* '''Königreich Großbritannien''' und '''Königreich Irland'''
** Georg II. (1727–1760)
** Premierminister: Thomas Pelham-Holles (1754–1756)

* '''Heiliges Römisches Reich'''
** König und Kaiser: Franz I. Stephan (1745–1765)

* '''Hessen-Darmstadt'''
** Ludwig VIII. (1739–1768)