List of state leaders in 1720

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1720.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Maniampon, Regent (1717–1720)
  2. Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Agaja (1708–1732)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit III (1716–1721)
• Menabe – Ranaimo (1718–1727)
• Merina Kingdom – Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana Andriandrazaka (1710–1730)
• Nkore – Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699–c.1727)
• Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Ezimilo (1701–1723)

Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Thai Sa (1709–1733)
• Bamra State – Pratap Deb (1713–1745)
• Banganapalle State – Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of Banganapalle (1689–1759)
• Bengal – Murshid Quli Khan, Nawab of Bengal (1717–1727)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Hussin Kamaluddin (1705–1730)
• The Carnatic – Muhammed Saadatullah Khan I, Nawab of the Carnatic (1710–1732)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Nakamikado (1709–1735)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kei (1713–1751)
• Khanate of Kokand – Shahrukh Biy (1709–1721)
• Joseon (Korea) –
  1. Sukjong (1674–1720)
  2. Gyeongjong (1720–1724)
• Mataram Sultanate – Amangkurat IV (1719–1726)
• Mughal Empire – Muhammad Shah (1719–1748)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
  • Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested (1708–1721)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Monarch – George I (1714–1727)
  • First Lord of the Treasury – Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1718–1721)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI (1711–1740)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel (1679–1726)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia –
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia, (as Frederick William II) (1713–1740)
  • Electorate of Cologne –
  • Electorate of Hanover – George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1708–1727)
  • Electorate of Mainz –
  • Electorate of Saxony –
  • Electorate of Trier –
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
  • Duchy of Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg –
  • Austria –
  • Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach –
  • Bishopric of Bamberg –
  • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden –
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach –
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Bishopric of Constance –
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey –
  • Bishopric of Eichstätt –
  • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising –
  • Imperial Abbey of Fulda –
  • Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel –
  • Bishopric of Hildesheim –
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt –
  • Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp –
  • Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten –
  • Bishopric of Lübeck –
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold (1713–1747)
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
  • Mergentheim –
  • Bishopric of Münster –
  • Principality of Orange-Nassau – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
  • Duchy of Oldenburg –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach –
  • Passau –
  • Bishopric of Regensburg – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1719–1763)
  • Salm-Kyrburg –
  • Salm-Salm –
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Saxe-Gotha –
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
  • Saxe-Weimar –
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
  • Bishopric of Speyer –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
  • Bishopric of Worms –
  • Württemberg –
  • Würzburg –
• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
  • Bentheim-Bentheim –
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt –
  • Essen Abbey –
  • Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Gutenzell Abbey – Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
  • Herford Abbey –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg –
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
  • Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten –
  • County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
  • Principality of Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
  • Isenburg-Meerholz –
  • County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703–1755)
  • Imperial Abbey of Kaisersheim –
  • Käppel – Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718–1748)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz (1699–1750)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg –
  • Leiningen-Emichsburg –
  • Lindau Abbey –
  • Lippe-Alverdissen –
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld –
  • Lippe-Detmold –
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld –
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken –
  • Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
  • Nassau-Weilburg –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
  • Quedlinburg Abbey – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX (1711–1747)
  • Reuss-Gera –
  • Reuss-Lobenstein –
  • Reuss-Obergreiz –
  • Reuss-Schleiz –
  • Reuss-Untergreiz –
  • Salm-Dhaun –
  • Salm-Dyck –
  • Salm-Grumbach –
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
  • Schaumburg-Lippe –
  • Stolberg-Rossla –
  • Stolberg-Stolberg –
  • County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
  • Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont –
  • Weingarten Abbey –
  • County of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen – Georg Hermann (1720–1751)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) –
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) –
  • Wied –
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1718–1730)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus II, King of Poland (1709–1733)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John V (1706–1750)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William I (1713–1740)
• Tsardom of Russia – Peter I (1682–1725)
• Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • 1. Monarch – Ulrike Eleonora (1719- 29 February 1720)
    2. Monarch – Frederick I (24 March 1720 – 1751)
  • Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland –
    1. Anthonie Heinsius (1689–1720)
    2. Isaac van Hoornbeek (1720–1727)
    • Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)