List of state leaders in 1779
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Africa
- Ethiopia Kaiser: Solomon II (1777-1779)
- Kaiser: Tekle Giyorgis I. (1779-1784)
- Burundi King: Mwambutsa III. Syarushambo Butama (ca. 1767 -ca. 1796)
- Dahomey King: Kpengla (1774-1789)
- Morocco ( Alawites Dynasty ) Sultan Moulay Muhammad (1757-1790)
- Tunisia ( Husainiden Dynasty ) Sultan Ali Bey (1759-1782)
America
Anglo America
- United States President of the Continental Congress: John Jay (1778-1779)
- President of the Continental Congress, Samuel Huntington (1779-1781)
- Governors of the 13 independent States: Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull (1769-1784)
- Delaware: Caesar Rodney President (1778-1781)
- Georgia: Governor John Houstoun (1778-1779), followed by John Wereat (1779-1780)
- Maryland: Governor Thomas Johnson (1777-1779), followed by Thomas Sim Lee (1779-1782)
- Not been elected Governor: Massachusetts
- New Hampshire: President Meshech Weare (1776-1785)
- New Jersey Governor William Livingston (1776-1790)
- New York: Governor George Clinton (1777-1795)
- North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell (1776-1780)
- Pennsylvania: President Joseph Reed (1778-1781)
- Rhode Iceland: Governor William Greene (1778-1786)
- South Carolina: President Rawlins Lowndes (1778-1779), followed by Gov. John Rutledge (1779-1782)
- Virginia Governor Patrick Henry (1776-1779), followed by Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781)
Latin America
- Viceroyalty of Brazil Viceroy Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa (1778-1790)
- Viceroyalty of New Granada Viceroy Manuel Antonio Flores Maldonado Martínez de Angulo y Bodquín (1776-1782)
- Viceroyalty of New Spain Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursua (1771-1779)
- Viceroy Martín de Mayorga (1779-1783)
- Viceroyalty of Peru Viceroy Manuel de Guirior (1776-1780)
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Viceroy Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo (1778-1784)
Asia
- Abu Dhabi Sheikh: Dhiyab am Isa (1761-1793)
- Afghanistan King Timur Shah (1772-1793)
- China ( Qing Dynasty ) Emperor Qian Long (1735-1796)
- Japan Emperor: Go- Momozono (1771-1779)
- Shogun ( Tokugawa ): Tokugawa Ieharu ( 1760-1786 )
- Korea ( Joseon ) King Jeongjo (1776-1800)
- Persia ( Zand dynasty ) Vakil: Karim Khan (1750-1779)
- Vakil: Abol Fath Khan (1779 )
- Vakil: Mohammad Ali Khan (1779 )
- Vakil: Abol Fath Khan (1779, 2nd time)
- Vakil: Sadik (1779-1781)
- Thailand King Taksin (1767-1782)
Europe
- Andorra Co - Prince: King of France: Louis XVI. (1774-1792)
- Bishop of Urgell: Joaquín de Santiyan y Valdivielso (1772-1779)
- Denmark and Norway King Christian VII (1766-1808)
- Registrar: Ove Jørgensen Høegh - Guldberg (1772-1784)
- France King, Louis XVI. (1774-1792)
- Genoa Governor and Doge: Giuseppe Lomellini (1777-1779)
- Governor and Doge Giacomo Maria Brignole (1779-1781)
- Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland King: George III. (1760-1820)
- Prime Minister Frederick North (1770-1782)
- Holy Roman Empire King and Emperor Joseph II (1765-1790)
- Electoral College: Kurmainz: Elector Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802), Archicancellarius by Germaniam
- Bohemia: Queen Maria Theresa (1740-1780)
- Brandenburg: " Elector " Frederick the Great (1740-1786); see also the de jure outside the Reich Association standing Prussia
- Bavaria and the Palatinate Elector Karl Theodor II (1777-1799)
- Brunswick- Lüneburg ( Hanover ): Elector Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ( 1760-1820 )
- Electorate of Cologne Elector Maximilian Friedrich von Koenigsegg -Roth Rock (1761-1784)
- Kurtrier: Elector Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1768-1803)
- Saxony Elector Friedrich August III. (1763-1827), king from 1806
- Austria: Archduchess Maria Theresia (1740-1780), " Directorium agens " in the Imperial
- Salzburg Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo (1772-1803), " Directorium qiescens " in the Imperial
- Baden: Margrave Karl Friedrich (1771-1803)
- Hesse -Darmstadt: Landgrave Ludwig IX. (1768-1790)
- Hesse - Kassel Landgrave Frederick II (1760-1785)
- Oldenburg: Duke Friedrich August (1773-1785)
- Württemberg: Duke Carl Eugen (1737-1793)
- Church State Pope Pius VI. (1775-1799)
- Monaco Prince: Honoré III. (1733-1793)
- Naples King Ferdinand IV (1759-1806)
- Ottoman Empire Sultan Abdulhamid I. (1774-1789)
- Parma Duke Ferdinand (1765-1802)
- Poland King, Stanislaus II Augustus (1763-1795)
- Portugal Queen: Mary I (1777-1816)
- Prussia King: Frederick the Great (1740-1786)
- Russia Empress: Catherine II (1762-1796)
- Sardinia King Vittorio Amadeo III. (1773-1796)
- Savoy Duke Vittorio Amadeo III. (1773-1796)
- Sweden King: . Gustav III (1771-1792)
- Sicily King Fernando I (1759-1825)
- Spain King Charles III. (1759-1788)
- Tuscany Grand Duke Peter Leopold (1765-1790)
- Hungary Queen Maria Theresa (1740-1780)
- Venice Doge Alvise Mocenigo Giovanni (1763-1779)
- Doge Paolo Renier (1779-1789)