State leaders in 1745 - Events of 1746 - State leaders in 1747 - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
• Bunyoro - Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782)
• Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
• Ethiopia - Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730-1755)
• Nkore - Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727-c.1755)
• Ethiopia - Iyasu II Asma Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730-1755)
• Zulu - Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745-1763)

Asia

• Annam - Canh Hung, Ruler of Annam (1740-1786)
• Arakan - Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742-1761)
• Ayutthaya - Borommakot, King of Ayutthaya (1733-1758)
• Cambodia - Thommo Reachea II, King of Cambodia (1738-1747)
• Champasak - Saya Kuman, King of Champasak (1738-1791)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735-1747)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745-1760)
• 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)

Europe

• Andorra - Coprinces:
  • Jordi Curado y Torreblanca, Bishop of Urgell (1738-1747)
  • Louis XV, King of France and Navarre (1715-1774)
• Courland - Christoph Friedrich von Sacken-Appricken, Regent of Courland (1740-1758)
• Denmark
  • Monarch -
    1. Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730-1746)
    2. Frederik V, King of Denmark (1746-1766)
  • Prime Minister - Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735-1751)
• France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George II, King of Great Britain (1727-1760)
  • Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1743-1754)
• Holy Roman Empire - Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
  • Bavaria - Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745-1777)
  • Bohemia - Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740-1780)
  • Brandenburg - Friedrich II, Elector of Brandenburg (1740-1786)
  • Cologne - Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723-1761)
  • Hanover - Georg II, Elector of Hanover (1727-1760)
  • Mainz - Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743-1763)
  • Hesse-Kassel - Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also King of Sweden (1730-1751)
  • Palatinate - Karl IV Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799)
  • Saxony - Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733-1763)
  • Trier - Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729-1756)
  • 1746 Holy Roman Empire incumbents
• Hungary - Mária Terézia, Queen of Hungary (1740-1780)
• Ireland - George II, King of Ireland (1727-1760)
• Order of Malta - Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of Malta (1741-1773)
• Massa and Carrara - Maria Teresa, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara (1731-1790)
• Masserano - Vittorio Filippo, Prince of Masserano (1743-1767)
• Modena and Reggio - Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1737-1780)
• Moldavia - Ioan Nicolae Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Prince of Moldavia (1743-1747)
• Monaco - Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (1733-1793)
• Montenegro - Sava II Petrovic-Njegos, Bishop and Governor of Montenegro (1735-1781)
• Naples - Carlo VII, King of Naples (1734-1759)
• Norway -
  1. Christian VI, King of Norway (1730-1746)
  2. Frederik V, King of Norway (1746-1766)
• Parma and Piacenza - Maria Teresa, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza (1740-1748)
• Poland - Augustus III, King of Poland (1734-1763)
• Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
• Prussia - Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1740-1786)
• Russia - Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741-1762)
• San Marino -
  1. Filippo Manenti Belluzzi and Domenico Bertoni, Captains-Regent of San Marino (1746-1747)
• Sardinia - Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia (1730-1773)
• Sicily - Carlo IV, King of Sicily (1734-1759)
• Spain -
  1. Philip V, King of Spain (1700-1746)
  2. Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746-1759)
• Sweden - Age of Liberty
  • Monarch - Frederick I, King of Sweden, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1751)
  • Majority leader - Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1746)
• Transylvania - Mária Terézia, Princess of Transylvania (1740-1765)
• Tuscany - Francesco II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737-1765)
• United Provinces
  • Friesland - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711-1751)
  • Guelders - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722-1751)
  • Groningen - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729-1751)
  • Holland - Jacob Gilles, Land's Advocate of Holland (1746-1749)
• Venice - Pietro Grimani, Doge of Venice (1741-1752)
• Walachia - Constantin Nicolae Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Prince of Walachia (1744-1748)

Middle East and North Africa

• Algeria - Ibrahim Koutchouk, Dey of Algiers (1745-1748)
• Morocco - Abdallah IV, Sultan of Morocco (1745-1757)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730-1754)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Said Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1742-1746)
    2. Tiryaki Haci Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1746-1747)
• Tunis - Ali, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)