List of state leaders in 1791

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1791.

Africa

• Akwa Akpa (Old Calabar) – Ekpenyong Offiong Okoho, King of Akwa Akpa (1786–1805)
• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Dagbon – Sumani Zwole, King of Dagbon (1778–1799)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Agonglo (1789–1797)
• Ethiopian Empire – Hezqeyas (1789–1794)
• Imamate of Futa Toro – Abdul Kaader, Almami of Futa Toro (1776–1807)
• Gobir – Bawa Jan Gwarzo (1777–1795)
• Kingdom of Jimma –
• Kwande – Wori Waru I (1790–1804)[1]
• Kingdom of Loango -
  • Tati, the Nganga Mvumbi (c. 1787 - c. 1801)[2]
• Savalu –
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Americas

• United States – George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797)
• Vermont Republic – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (20 October 1790, −13 October 1797) (Vermont independent until 4 March 1791)

Asia

• Ahom Kingdom –
• Alirajpur State – Pratap Singh I (1765–1818)
• Burma – Bodawpaya (1782–1819)
• Kingdom of Cambodia – Ang Eng (1779–1796)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Durrani Empire – Timur Shah (1772–1793)
• Jaipur – Pratap Singh (1778–1803)[3]
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jeongjo (1776–1800)
• Manipur – Meidingu Chingthangkhomba, King of Manipur (1749–1798)
• Mughal Empire –
• Rajpipla State - Ajabsinhji (1786-1793)
• Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1782–1809)
• Twipra Kingdom – Rajdhar Manikya (1783–1804)
• Đại Việt (Tây Sơn dynasty) – Nguyễn Nhạc (1778–1793) and Nguyễn Huệ (1788–1792)

India

• Chhatarpur – Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar (1785–1816)

Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1801)
  • Governor – Captain Arthur Phillip (1788–1792)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell (1785–1795)
  • Louis XVI of France (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1784–1797)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XVI, King of the French (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
• Holy Roman Empire – Leopold II (1790–1792)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III (1789–1807)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Rusçuklu Cezayirli Hasan Serif Pasha (1790–1791)
    2. Koca Yusuf Pasha (1791–1792)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I (1777–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William II (1786–1797)
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV (1788–1808)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III (1771–1792)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III (1790–1801)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland (1787–1795)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Yazid (1790–1792)

References

1. "Benin traditional states".
2. John K. Thornton. A History of West Central Africa to 1850. Cambridge University Press, 2020, p. 345
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)