Europe
- Andorra – Coprinces:
- Francesc Josep Catalán de Ocón, Bishop of Urgell (1757–1762)
- Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
- Avar Khanate -
- Corsica – Pasquale Paoli, General of Corsica (1755–1769)
- Crimea - Qirim Giray, Khan of Crimea (1758–1764)
- Denmark–Norway –
- Monarch – Frederick V, King of Denmark (1746–1766)
- Prime Minister – Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1751–1770)
- France –
- Monarch – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
- Chief Minister – Duc de Choiseul, Chief minister of French Government (1758–1770)
- Genoa - Matteo Franzoni, Doge of Genoa (1758–1760)
- Great Britain –
- Monarch – George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
- Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1754–1756, 1757–1762)
- Hungary - Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary (1740–1780)
- Ireland – George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760)
- Kalmyk Khanate - Dondug-Dashi, Khan of Kalmykia (1741–1761)
- Lorraine – Stanislaus, Duke of Lorraine (1737–1766)
- Malta - Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1741–1773)
- Massa and Carrara - Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Princess of Massa and Carrara (1731–1790)
- Modena and Reggio - Francesco III, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1737–1780)
- Moldavia - Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1758–1761)
- Monaco - Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1733–1793)
- Montenegro - Sava II Petrović-Njegoš, Prince-Bishop of Montenegro (1735–1782)
- Naples -
- Charles VII, King of Naples (1734–1759)
- Ferdinand IV, King of Naples (1759–1799)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan – Mustafa III, (1757–1774)
- Grand Vizier – Koca Mehmed Ragib Pasha, (1757–1763)
- Papal States - Pope Clement XIII, Pope (1758–1769)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — Augustus III, King of Poland (1734–1763)
- Portugal –
- Monarch – Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750–1777)
- Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis de Pombal (1750–1777)
- Prussia – Frederick II King of Prussia (1740–1786)
- Russian Empire – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
- Sardinia – Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (1730–1773)
- Scutari - Mehmed Bushati, Pasha of Scutari (1757–1774)
- Spain –
- Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746–1759)
- Charles III, King of Spain (1759–1788)
- Sweden – Age of Liberty
- Monarch – Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751–1771)
- Tarki -
- Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
- Ukraine - Kirill Razumovsky, Hetaman of the Ukrainian Cossacks (1750–1764)
- United Provinces –
- Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
- Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
- Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter Steyn of Holland (1749–1772)
- Venice – Francesco Loredan, Doge of Venice (1752–1762)
- Walachia - Scarlat Ghica, Voivode of Walachia (1758–1761)
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