Asia
- Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747–1772)
- Arakan – Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742–1761)
- Ayutthaya – Boromakot, King of Ayutthaya (1733–1758)
- Cambodia –
- Thommo Reachea II, King of Cambodia (1738–1747)
- Thommo Reachea III, King of Cambodia (1747)
- Ang Tong, King of Cambodia (1747–1749)
- Champasak – Saya Kuman, King of Champasak (1738–1791)
- China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
- Đại Việt (Viet Nam)
- Lê Hiển Tông – Later Lê Dynasty (1740–1786)
- Trịnh Doanh – Trịnh Lords (1740–1767)
- Nguyễn Phúc Khoát – Nguyễn Lords (1738–1765)
- Empire of Japan
- Monarch –
- Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735–1747)
- Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1747–1762)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745–1760)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
- Monarch –
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)
- Luang Prabang – Thao Ang, King of Luang Prabang (1723–1749)
- Maldives – Ibrahim Iskandar II, Sultan of the Maldives (1721–1750)
- Wiang Chhan – Ong Long, King of Wiang Chhan (1735–1760)
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Famous quotes containing the word asia:
“Incarnate devil in a talking snake,
The central plains of Asia in his garden,
In shaping-time the circle stung awake,
In shapes of sin forked out the bearded apple....”
—Dylan Thomas (19141953)
“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (18821945)
“I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating than of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the hot bread and sweet cakes; and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)