List of state leaders in 1779

1778 state leaders - Events of 1779 - 1780 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
• Dahomey - Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
• Zulu - Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)

Americas

• 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 - Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771-1779)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)

Europe

• Andorra - Coprinces:
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772-1779)
    2. Temporarily vacant (1779-1780)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister - Ove Jørgensen 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)
• Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
• 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)

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 -
    1. Kalafat Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1778-1779)
    2. Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1779-1781)