List of state leaders in 1746
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)
- Ethiopian Empire - Iyasus II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730-1755)
- Nkore - Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727-c.1755)
- Zulu - Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745-1763)
Asia
- Arakan - Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742-1761)
- Ayutthaya - Boromakot, 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)
- Đại Việt (Viet Nam)
- Empire of Japan
- Monarch - Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735-1747)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745-1760)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713-1751)
- 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–Norway
- Monarch -
- 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)
- 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-Dessau - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693-1747)
- Anhalt-Köthen - August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728-1755)
- Anhalt-Zerbst - Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1742-1747)
- Arenberg - Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691-1754
- 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)
- Bamberg - Joseph Philip Anton von Frankenstein, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1746-1753)
- Berchtesgaden - Cajetan Anton von Notthaft, Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (1732-1752)
- 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)
- Constance - Damian Hugo Philipp Anton Cardinal Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Constance (1740-1753)
- 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)
- Heitersheim - Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728-1754)
- Hesse-Darmstadt - Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739-1768)
- Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also King of Sweden (1730-1751)
- Hildesheim - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
- Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1735-1750)
- Holstein-Glückstadt - Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746-1766)
- Holstein-Gottorp - Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739-1762)
- Kempten - Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1728-1747)
- Lübeck - Adolf Friedrich, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1727-1750)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713-1747)
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752)
- 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)
- Nassau-Orange - Wilhelm IV, Prince of Nassau-Orange (1711-1751)
- 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)
- 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)
- Saxe-Weimar - Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728-1748)
- 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)
- Strassburg - Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704-1749)
- Worms - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732-1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
- Württemberg - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737-1793)
- Würzburg - Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1746-1754)
- Counts and Prelates
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym - Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727-1772)
- Bentheim - Friedrich Karl Philipp, Count of Bentheim (1731-1753)
- 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 - Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718-1747)
- Herford - Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729-1750)
- Hesse-Homburg - Friedrich IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1746-1751)
- 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)
- Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst - Philipp Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1744-1753, Count 1697-1744)
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715-1769)
- Hoogstraten - Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741-1770)
- Isenburg - Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708-1749)
- Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein 1711-1744. (1744-1754)
- Isenburg-Meerholz - Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724-1774)
- Isenburg-Wächtersbach - Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703-1755)
- Kaisersheim - Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot of Kaisersheim
- Käppel - Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718-1748)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim - Johann Franz, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim (1699-1750)
- 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)
- Leiningen-Emichsburg - Carl Ludwig, Count of Leniningen-Emichsburg (1722-1747)
- Lindau - Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743-1757)
- Lippe-Alverdissen - Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1723-1749)
- Lippe-Biesterfeld - Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736-1781)
- Lippe-Detmold - Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1734-1749)
- 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)
- Nassau-Weilburg - Karl August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1737-1753)
- 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 XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711-1747)
- Reuss-Gera - Heinrich XXV, Count of Reuss-Gera (1735-1748)
- 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-Dhaun - Christian Otto, Count (Wild- und Rheingraf) of Salm-Dhaun (1742-1748)
- 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)
- Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1728-1748)
- 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-Alt-Leiningen - Georg Hermann, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen (1720-1751)
- 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)
- 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 -
- Parma and Piacenza - Maria Teresa, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza (1740-1748)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Augustus III, King of Poland (1734-1763)
- Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
- Prussia - Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1740-1786)
- Russian Empire - Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741-1762)
- San Marino -
- Sardinia - Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia (1730-1773)
- Sicily - Carlo IV, King of Sicily (1734-1759)
- Spain -
- 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
- Estates of Groningen (province), Guelders, Friesland, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
- Grand Pensionary of Holland -
- Venice - Pietro Grimani, Doge of Venice (1741-1752)
- Walachia - Constantin Nicolae Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Prince of Wallachia (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 -
- Tunis - Ali, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)