List of Heads of State 756

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America

• Maya
  • Copan
    • Ruler : K'ak 'Yipyaj Chan K'awiil (749–763)
  • Palenque
    • Ruler : K'inich Kan Bahlam III. (751-764)
  • Tikal
    • Ruler : Yik'in Chan K'awiil (734–766)

Asia

• Bagan
  • King : Htunhtwin (753–762)

• China
  • Emperor : Tang Xuanzong (712-756)
  • Emperor: Tang Suzong (756–762)

• Iberia (Kartlien)
  • King : Adarnase III. (748-760)

• India
  • Chalukya
    • King : Kirtivarman II (746-757)
  • Eastern Chalukya
    • King : Vijayaditya I (755–772)
  • Pala
    • King : Gopala I. (750-775)
  • Pallava
    • King : Nandi Varman II (710–775)
  • Pandya
    • King : Arikesari Parankusa Maravarman Rajasimha I (735–765)
  • Rashtrakuta
    • King : Dantidurga (735–756)
    • King: Krishna I (756-774)

• Japan
  • Empress : Kōken (749-758)

• cashmere
  • King : Lalitaditya (723-760)

• Korea
  • Balhae
    • King : Sejong Mun (738–794)
  • Silla
    • King : Gyeongdeok (742–765)

• Caliphate of the Muslims
  • Caliph : al-Mansur (754-775)

• Nanzhao
  • King : Meng Geluofeng (751-779)

• Tibet
  • King : Thrisong Detsen (755–796)

Europe

• Bulgaria
  • Khan : Kormisosch (753 / 754-756)
  • Khan: Winech (756-761)

• Byzantine Empire
  • Emperor : Constantine V (741–775)

• England ( heptarchy )
  • East Anglia
    • King : Beorna with Hun and Æthelberht I. (749–760)
  • Essex
    • King : Swithred (746 – approx. 760)
  • Kent
    • King: Æthelberht II. (725–762)
    • King: Eardwulf (748 – ca. 760)
  • Mercia
    • King : Æthelbald (716–757)
  • Northumbria
    • King : Eadberht (737-758)
  • Wessex
    • King : Cuthred (740-756)
    • King: Sigeberht (756–757)

• Frankish Empire
  • King: Pippin the Younger (751–768)

• Italy
  • Longobard Empire
    • King : Aistulf (749-756)
    • King: Ratchis (756-757)
    • Autonomous Lombard Duchies:
      • Duke of Benevento : Liutprand (751–758)
      • Duke of Friuli : Peter (751-774)
      • Duke of Spoleto : Aistulf, also King of the Lombards
  • Venice
    • Doge of Venice : Galla (755-756)
    • Doge: Domenico Monegario (756-764)

• Scotland
  • Dalriada
    • King : Aed (739-778)
  • Strathclyde
    • King : Dumnagual III. (754-760)
  • Picts
    • King : Óengus I (729–761)

• Spain
  • Asturias
    • King : Alfonso I (739-757)
  • Al-Andalus
    • Governor of the Umayyad Caliph : Yusuf ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Fihri (747-756)
  • Emirate of Cordoba
    • Emir: Abd ar-Rahman I (756–788)

• Wales
  • Gwynedd
    • King : Caradog ap Meirion (754–798)
  • Powys
    • Prince: Brochfael ap Elisedd (755–773)

Religious leaders

• Pope : Stephen II (752–757)
• Patriarch of Constantinople: Constantine II (754–766)