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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 ).

EVENTS OF 1726

January - June

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April 15 - Isaac Newton tells William Stukeley the story of how he developed his theory of Gravity .

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.

November - Mary Tofts allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England; the story is later revealed to be a Hoax .

''dates unknown''

Jonathan Swift publishes '' Gulliver's Travels ''.

The city of Montevideo is founded.

The Supreme Privy Council is established in Imperial Russia .

The Gujin Tushu Jicheng , an immense Chinese encyclopedia, is printed using Copper -based Movable Type Printing .

Remaining ruins of Liverpool Castle are finally demolished.

Muhammad Bin Saud becomes head of the House Of Saud .

BIRTHS

January 14 - Jacques-Donatien Le Ray , French supporter of the American Revolution (d. 1803 )

March 8 - Richard Howe , British admiral (d. 1799 )

April 5 - Benjamin Harrison V , signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1791 )

April 12 - Charles Burney , English music historian (d. 1814 )

April 20 - Joseph De Ferraris , Austrian Cartographer of the Austrian Netherlands (d. 1814 )

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 )

July 30 - William Jones (ecclesiastic) , (d. 1800 )

August 7 - James Bowdoin , American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790 )

August 9 - Francesco Cetti , Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778 )

September 1 - François-André Danican Philidor , French composer and chess player (d. 1795 )

October 16 - Daniel Chodowiecki , Polish painter (d. 1801 )

''date unknown''

--- John H. D. Anderson , Scottish scientist (d. 1796 )

--- Le Quy Don , Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official (d. 1784 )

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DEATHS

January 2 - Domenico Zipoli , Italian composer (b. 1688 )

January 25 - Guillaume Delisle , French cartographer (b. 1675 )

February 26 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector Of Bavaria (b. 1662 )

March 5 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke Of Kingston-upon-Hull , English politician

March 26 - John Vanbrugh , English architect and dramatist (b. 1664 )

April 26 - Jeremy Collier , English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (b. 1650 )

April 28 - Thomas Pitt , British Governor of Madras (b. 1653 )

May 10 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke Of St Albans , English soldier (b. 1670 )

June 18 - Michel Richard Delalande , French organist and composer (b. 1657 )

July 8 - John Ker , Scottish spy (b. 1673 )

July 31 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (b. 1695 )

November 23 - Sophia, Princess Of Zelle , queen of George I Of Great Britain (b. 1666 )

December 2 - Samuel Penhallow , American colonist and historian (b. 1665 )

: ''See also .''