1726 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1726?
- February 8, 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
- May 9, 1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap’s molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
Who Were Born In The Year 1726?
- February 6, 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist (d. 1805)
- March 8, 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (d. 1799)
- May 20, 1726 – Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
- June 3, 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
- June 11, 1726 – Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Spanish-born Dauphine of France (d. 1746)
- June 14, 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish naturalist (d. 1797)
- June 25, 1726 – Thomas Pennant, British naturalist (d. 1798)
- August 7, 1726 – James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
- August 9, 1726 – Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)
- September 7, 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- October 14, 1726 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (d. 1813)
- October 16, 1726 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
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