1726

Years:
1723 1724 1725 - 1726 - 1727 1728 1729
Decades:
1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s
Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
1726 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Science
Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders ---- From Categories:
births - deaths

Events

George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject.
Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.
The city of Montevideo was established.
Mary Toft allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England, later revealed to be a Hoax.
The Gujin tushu jicheng, an immense Chinese encyclopedia, is printed using movable copper type.

March 8 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)
April 5 - Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
May 12 - Alexander Hood, British naval officer (d. 1814)
June 3 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
June 14 - Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist (d. 1798)
September 1 - François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. 1795)
John Anderson, Scottish scientist (d. 1796)
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, French supporter of the American Revolution (d. 1803)