1783 state leaders - Events of 1784 - 1785 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777-1803)
• Dahomey - Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
• Ethiopia -
  • Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (first reign, 1779-1784)
  • Iyasus III, Emperor of Ethiopia (1784-1788)
• Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

• United States - Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled:
  1. Thomas Mifflin, November 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784
  2. Richard Henry Lee, November 30, 1784 to November 23, 1785
• Vermont - Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (March 13, 1778-October 13, 1789)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752-1795)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Europe

• Andorra - Coprinces:
  • Bishop of Urgell -
    1. Temporarily vacant (1783-1785)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Minister of State of Denmark (1772-1784)
    2. Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1784-1797)
• France - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
  • Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801, 1804-1806)
• Holy Roman Empire - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst - Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747-1793)
  • Baden-Durlach - Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1771, ruled all of Baden 1771-1811)
  • Brandenburg - Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740-1786)
  • Hanover - Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760-1814/1820)
  • Palatinate - Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach - Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733-1799)
  • Reuss-Schleiz - Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744-1784)
  • Saxony - Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1763-1806/1827)
  • Weingarten - Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746-1784)
  • 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)
  • Württemberg - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737-1793)

• Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764-1795)
• Portugal - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
• 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)
• 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 van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772-1787)

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 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
  • Grand Vizier - Halil Hamid Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1782-1785)