Europe
- Andorra – Coprinces:
- Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola, Bishop of Urgell (1747–1756)
- Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
- 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 – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
- 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)
- Holy Roman Empire – Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765)
- Electors
- Bavaria – Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745–1777)
- Bohemia – Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740–1780)
- Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740–1786)
- Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
- Hanover – Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760)
- Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
- Saxony – Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733–1763)
- Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729–1756)
- Princes
- Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
- Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728–1755)
- Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
- Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
- Augsburg – Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740–1768)
- Austria – Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740–1780)
- Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
- Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
- Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723–1757)
- Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735–1763)
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
- Corvey – Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737–1758)
- Eichstätt – Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt (1736–1757)
- Ellwangen – Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732–1756)
- Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727–1763)
- Fulda – Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737–1752, Bishop of Fulda 1752–1756)
- Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
- Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739–1768)
- Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
- Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746–1766)
- Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739–1762)
- Kempten – Engelbert von Sorgenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747–1760)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1747–1756)
- Mergentheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732–1761)
- Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Münster (1723–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
- Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
- Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1728–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
- Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
- Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
- Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
- Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg, Prince-Bishop of Passau (1723–1761)
- Regensburg – Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719–1763)
- Salm-Kyrburg – Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742–1778)
- Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738–1770)
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735–1764)
- Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732–1772)
- Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
- Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744–1767)
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740–1758)
- Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743–1770)
- Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732–1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
- Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
- Counts and Prelates
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
- Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733–1780)
- Essen – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
- Gandersheim – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
- Gutenzell – Franziska von Gall, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747–1759)
- Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
- Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
- Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
- Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
- Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702–1756)
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
- Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741–1770)
- Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
- Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703–1755)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg – Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1722–1756)
- Lindau – Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743–1757)
- Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736–1781)
- Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
- Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735–1768)
- Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
- Quedlinburg – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
- Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
- Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
- Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723–1768)
- Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
- Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733–1768)
- Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
- Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727–1763)
- Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
- Salm-Reifferscheid – Karl Anton Joseph, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734–1755)
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1735–1756)
- Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739–1768)
- Stolberg-Stolberg – Christoph Ludwig II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1738–1761)
- Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
- Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
- Weingarten – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726–1765)
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726–1787)
- Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737–1784)
- Ireland – George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire)
- Sultan – Osman III (1754–1757)
- Grand Vizier
- Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1752–1755)
- Hekimoglu Ali Pasha (1755)
- Naili Abdullah Pasha (1755)
- Nisanci Biyikli Ali Pasha (1755)
- Mehmed Said Pasha (1755–1756)
- 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)
- Spain – Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746–1759)
- Sweden – Age of Liberty
- Monarch – Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751–1771)
- Majority leader – Axel von Fersen, senior, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1755–1756)
- Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
- 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)
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