Explore who held power in each world throne this year.

France
Louis XV of France
all year
Western Europe

Spain
Philip V of Spain
all year
Western Europe

Portugal
John V of Portugal
all year
Western Europe

Sweden
Frederick I of Sweden
all year
Northern Europe

Holy Roman Empire
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
all year
Central Europe

Prussia
Frederick William I of Prussia
all year
Central Europe

Great Britain
George I of Great Britain
all year
Western Europe

Papacy
Pope Benedict XIII
all year
Southern Europe

Ottoman Empire
Ahmed III
all year
Eastern Mediterranean

Russia
Catherine I of Russia
all year
Eastern Europe

Mughal Empire
Muhammad Shah
all year
South Asia
China
Yongzheng Emperor
all year
East Asia

Japan
Emperor Nakamikado
all year
East Asia

Japan (Shogunate)
Tokugawa Yoshimune
all year
East Asia