List of state leaders in 1773
1772 state leaders - Events of 1773 - 1774 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764-1777)
- Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
- Zulu - Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763-1781)
Asia
- Afghanistan - Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
- China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
- Japan
- Monarch - Go-Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1771-1779)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
Europe
- Andorra - Coprinces:
- Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772-1779)
- Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
- Prime Minister - Ove Jørgensen Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772-1784)
- France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
- Great Britain -
- Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
- Prime Minister - Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1770-1782)
- Holy Roman Empire - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
- Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
- Portugal - Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750-1777)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
- Russia - Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
- Spain - Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1788)
- Sweden - Absolutism
- Monarch - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792)
Middle East and North Africa
- Abu Dhabi - Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761-1793)
- Morocco - Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757-1790)
- Ottoman Empire
- Monarch - Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757-1774)
- Grand Vizier -
- Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1771-1773)
- Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1773-1775)