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Year 1726 (MDCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Golden Age of Piracy (1700-1730 was rife in the Caribbean influencing trade in the world's main centres Events and trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving Pianos World leaders Louis XV King of France Events and trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Events and trends Frederick II ascends the throne of Prussia, upon the death of his father " Frederick William I of Prussia " Events and Trends Scientific Navigation is developed The Seven Years' War ( 1756 - 1763) fought between two rival alliances This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Explorations 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island. The year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events Events Paintings Johann Heinrich Tischbein painted Portrait of the Artist's first Wife Marie Sophie Robert The year 1726 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Works published Henry Carey, Namby Pamby, including fragments of many still-popular nursery rhymes such as "London Bridge The year 1726 in music involved some significant events Events George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject The year 1726 in Science and Technology involved some significant events See also 1725 in Canada, other events of 1726, 1727 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig 1725 state leaders - Events of 1726 - 1727 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - # José Carvalho da Costa, Governor of Angola ( 1725 - 1726) # Paulo Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Saturday ( Dominical letter B) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
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Events of 1726
January - June
Liverpool Castle. Liverpool Castle was a castle which was situated in Liverpool England (
- April 15 - Isaac Newton tells William Stukeley the story of how he developed his theory of gravity. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements The Rev Dr William Stukeley FRS, FRCP FSA ( November 7, 1687 &ndash March 3, 1765) was an English antiquary who pioneered Gravitation is a natural Phenomenon by which objects with Mass attract one another
July - December
- July 11 - André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France, banishes Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, and Madame de Prie from court. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. André-Hercule de Fleury Bishop of Fréjus WikipediaNaming conventions (Clergy. Louis XV (15 February 1710 &ndash 10 May 1774 ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774 Louis IV Henri Joseph de Bourbon-Condé prince de Condé ( duc de Bourbon and d'Enghien) ( August 18 1692 &ndash January 27 1740 Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf marquise de Prie ( 1698 - 7 October 1727) was a French noblewoman notable for her intriguing during the reign
- November - Mary Tofts allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England; the story is later revealed to be a hoax. Mary Tofts (born c 1701-January 1763 also called Mary Toft, was a maidservant from Godalming, England, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable A hoax is a deliberate attempt to Dupe, Deceive or trick an audience into believing or accepting that something is real when in fact it is not or that
- dates unknown
- The city of Montevideo is founded. Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay.
- The Supreme Privy Council is established in Imperial Russia. The Supreme Privy Council of Imperial Russia was founded on 8 February 1726 as a body of advisors to Catherine I. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
- The Gujin tushu jicheng, an immense Chinese encyclopedia, is printed using copper-based movable type printing. The Gujin Tushu Jicheng ( is a vast encyclopaedic work written in China during the reigns of Qing emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 Movable type is the system of Printing and Typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation Printing is a process for reproducing text and image typically with ink on Paper using a printing press
- Remaining ruins of Liverpool Castle are finally demolished. Liverpool Castle was a castle which was situated in Liverpool England (
- Muhammad bin Saud becomes head of the House of Saud. Abdul Aziz Faysal Saud Ali Abdallah "Imam" Muhammad ibn Saud The House of Saud ( Arabic: آل سعود romanized Āl Suʿūd is the Royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1726 MDCCXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2479 |
| Armenian calendar | 1175 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -118 – -117 |
| Berber calendar | 2676 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2270 |
| Burmese calendar | 1088 |
| Chinese calendar | 4362/4422-11-28 (乙巳年十一月廿八日) — to —
4363/4423-12-9(丙午年十二月初九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1442 – 1443 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1718 – 1719 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5486 – 5487 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1781 – 1782 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1648 – 1649 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4827 – 4828 |
| Holocene calendar | 11726 |
| Iranian calendar | 1104 – 1105 |
| Islamic calendar | 1138 – 1139 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 11 (享保11年) |
| Korean calendar | 4059 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2269 |
- January 14 - Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, French supporter of the American Revolution (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Shōtoku and before Gembun. This period spanned the years from 1716 through 1736. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (1726 &ndash 1803 was a French "Father of the American Revolution " but later an opponent of the French Revolution. 1803)
- March 8 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe KG ( 8 March, 1726 &ndash 5 August, 1799) was a British Admiral, notable in particular 1799)
- April 5 - Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Benjamin Harrison V (April 5 1726 April 24 1791 was an American planter and revolutionary leader from Charles City County Virginia. 1791)
- April 12 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Charles Burney ( 7 April 1726 &ndash 12 April 1814) was an English music historian and father of author Frances 1814)
- April 20 - Joseph de Ferraris, Austrian cartographer of the Austrian Netherlands (d. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Joseph Jean François Count de Ferraris ( Lunéville April 20, 1726 - Vienna April 1, 1814) was an Austrian 1814)
- May 12 - Alexander Hood, British naval officer (d. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Two officers of the Royal Navy, cousins once removed were named Alexander Hood: Admiral Alexander Hood 1st Viscount Bridport (1726&ndash1814 1814)
- June 3 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering James Hutton MD (3 June 1726 OS (14 June 1726 NS) Edinburgh 26 March 1797 was a Scottish Geologist, 1797)
- June 14 - Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Thomas Pennant ( 14 June OS 1726 - 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist and Antiquary. 1798)
- July 30 - William Jones (ecclesiastic), (d. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off William Jones ( July 30, 1726 &ndash January 6, 1800) known as William Jones of Nayland, was a British clergyman and author 1800)
- August 7 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. James Bowdoin (August 7 1726 November 6 1790 was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolution 1790)
- August 9 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Francesco Cetti ( August 9, 1726 &ndash November 20, 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest Zoologist and 1778)
- September 1 - François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. François-André Danican Philidor ( September 7, 1726 - August 31, 1795) was a French Chess player and Composer 1795)
- October 16 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 1801 was a Polish - German painter and Printmaker with Huguenot ancestry who is most famous as an 1801)
- date unknown
- John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist (d. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday John Anderson FRS (1726&ndash January 13 1796) was a Scottish Natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application 1796)
- Le Quy Don, Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Le Quy Don (Lê Quý Đôn 黎貴敦 1726–1784 was an 18th-century Vietnamese philosopher poet encyclopedist and government official 1784)
- Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese woodblock artist (d. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Katsukawa Shunshō (勝川春章(1726-1792 was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the Ukiyo-e style and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. 1792). Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
Deaths
- January 2 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Domenico Zipoli (October 17 1688 Prato, Florence (Italy - January 2 1726 Cordoba, Argentina) was an Italian Baroque composer 1688)
- January 25 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Guillaume Delisle ( February 28, 1675 - January 25, 1726) was a French cartographer who lived in Paris. 1675)
- February 26 - Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria (b. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Maximilian II ( July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726) known as either Max Emanuel and Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach 1662)
- March 5 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
- March 26 - John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (b. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Evelyn Pierrepont 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Sir John Vanbrugh (pronounced "Van'-bru" (24 January 1664? – 26 March 1726 was an English Architect and Dramatist, perhaps best known 1664)
- April 26 - Jeremy Collier, English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (b. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Jeremy Collier ( 23 September 1650 - 26 April 1726) was an English theatre critic non-juror 1650)
- April 28 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Thomas Pitt ( 5 July 1653 &ndash 28 April 1726) born at Blandford Forum, Dorset, to a rector and his wife was a 1653)
- May 10 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke of St Albans, KG ( 8 May 1670 &ndash 10 May 1726) was an Illegitimate son of King Charles 1670)
- June 18 - Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Michel Richard Delalande Lalande (1657 &ndash June 18, 1726) was a prolific French Baroque Composer and Organist who was one 1657)
- July 8 - John Ker, Scottish spy (b. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 John Ker ( August 8, 1673 - July 8, 1726) was a Scottish Spy during the Jacobite risings 1673)
- July 31 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Nicolaus II Bernoulli, aka Niklaus Bernoulli, Nikolaus Bernoulli, ( February 6 1695, Basel, Switzerland – July 1695)
- November 23 - Sophia, Princess of Zelle, queen of George I of Great Britain (b. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Sophia Dorothea ( 15 September 1666 &ndash 13 November 1726) was the wife and cousin of George Louis Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg later George I (George Louis German Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 &ndash 11 June 1727 For the first year of his life George was the only heir to his father's and three childless 1666)
- December 2 - Samuel Penhallow, American colonist and historian (b. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Samuel Penhallow ( July 2, 1665 - December 2, 1726) American Colonist and Historian, was born at St Mabon 1665)
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