List of state leaders in 1766

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1766.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
• Aussa Sultanate – Kadhafo Mahammad ibn Kadhafo (1749–1779)
• Benin Empire – Akengbuda, King of Benin (1750–1804)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Kyabaggu Kabinuli (1750–1780)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo (1739–1767)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyoas I (1755–1769)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro XI of Kongo (1764–1778)
• Nungu – Yembrima, Nunbado of Nungu (1736–1791)
• Oyo Empire – Majeogbe, Oba of Oyo (1754–1770)
• Warsangali Sultanate – Gerad Ali, Sultan of Warsangali (1750–1789)
• Yatenga – Naaba Kango (1754–1787)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Ahmad Shah Abdali (1747–1772)
• Arakan – Apaya, King of Arakan (1764–1773)
• Amabi – Balthazar Loti (1755–1790)
• Amanuban – Don Louis (1751–1770)
• Amarasi – Dom Affonco Hornay (1752–1774)
• Sultanate of Banjar – Tahmidullah II (1761–1801)
• Banten – Abu Nazar Muhammad Arif Zainal Asyekin (1753–1777)
• Blambangang – Danuningrat, King of Blambangang (1736–1763)
• Bikaner State – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
• Bengal – Najabut Ali Khan, Nawab of Bengal (1766–1770)
• Cambay – Mo'min Khan II, Nawab of Cambay (1743–1784)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Sakuramachi (1762–1771)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Jind States – Gajpat Singh, Raja of Jind (1763–1789)
• Kahlur – Devi Chand, Raja of Kahlur (1738–1778)
• Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
• Sikkim - Phuntsog Namgyal II, Chogyal of Sikkim (1733-1780)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Francesc Fernández de Xátiva y Contreras, Bishop of Urgell (1763–1771)
  • Louis XV of France (1715–1774)
• Crimean Khanate – Selim III Giray (1765–1767)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch –
    1. Frederick V (1746–1766)
    2. Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff (1751–1770)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Republic of Genoa – Francesco Maria Della Rovere, Doge of Genoa (1765–1767)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Duke of Rockingham (1765–1766, 1782)
    2. William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (1766–1768)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II (1765–1790)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
  • Electorate of Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim, Archbishop of Mainz (1763–1774)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August III (1763–1806/1827)
• Princes
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August (1747–1793)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Joseph (1740–1768)
  • Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII (1739–1768)
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V(1746–1766)
  • Duchy of Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • Principality of Salm-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
  • Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738–1770)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III (1732–1772)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
  • Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich (1744–1767)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg (1743–1770)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
• Counts and Prelates
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
  • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
  • Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
  • Duchy of Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold (1741–1770)
  • County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
  • County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August *(1736–1781)
  • County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
  • County of Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich (1735–1768)
  • Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV (1747–1779)
  • County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
  • County of Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI (1723–1768)
  • County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
  • County of Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III (1733–1768)
  • Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
  • County of Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho (1739–1768)
  • County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
  • Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
  • County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Mustafa III (1757–1774)
  • Grand Vizier – Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1765–1768)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Joseph I (1750–1777)
  • Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1750–1777)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick II (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles III (1759–1788)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Adolf Frederik (1751–1771)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Peter Leopold I (1765–1790)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter Steyn of Holland (1749–1772)
• Republic of Venice – Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)

Middle East

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Ottoman Algeria –
  • Baba Ali Bou-Seba, Dey of Algiers (1754–1766)
  • Muhammad V ben Othman, Dey of Algier (1766–1791)
• Baku Khanate – Mirza Muhammad Khan (1747–1768)
• Ganja khanate – Muhammad Hasan Khan (1761–1781)
• Quba Khanate – Fatali Khan (1758–1789)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Mohammed III (1757–1790)