* 1726 – Charles Burney, English historian ( d. 1814 )

* 1726 – Francesco Cetti, Italian scientist ( d. 1778 )

* 1726 – James Bowdoin, American politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1790 )

* 1673 – John Ker, Scottish spy ( d. 1726 )

* Philip Michael Ellis ( 1652 – 1726 )

* Il quaresimale in epilogo ( 1725 – 1726 )

* 1657 – Michel Richard Delalande, French Baroque composer and organist ( d. 1726 )

* 1726 – Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian ( b. 1665 )

* 1726 – Johann Hartmann, Danish composer ( d. 1793 )

* 1799 – Philip Affleck, British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty ( b. 1726 )

* William Alvey Darwin ( 3 October 1726 – 7 October 1783 )

Max Emanuel ( 1662 – 1726 ) by Joseph Vivien.

* 1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician ( d. 1726 )

* 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist ( d. 1805 )

* 1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer ( d. 1726 )

* 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.

Telemann returned to Hamburg, but would still supplement his income by taking up additional jobs: in 1723 – 1726 he served as Kapellmeister von Haus aus to the Bayreuth court, and between 1725 and 1730 he acted as corresponding agent to the court at Eisenach, supplying news from northern Europe.

The heresies of Sabbatai Zevi ( 1626 – 1676 ) and Jacob Frank ( 1726 – 1791 ) distorted Lurianic Kabbalah and led to the Jacob Emden # Emden-Eybeschütz controversy | Emden-Eybeschütz Controversy.

* 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer ( d. 1726 )

* 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist ( d. 1797 )

* 1653 – Thomas Pitt, English businessman and politician ( d. 1726 )

* 1662 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ( d. 1726 )

James Hutton ( Edinburgh, 3 June 1726 OS – 26 March 1797 ) was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist.

* 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier ( d. 1726 )

On 9 May 1726, three men ( Gabriel Lawrence, William Griffin, and Thomas Wright ) were hanged at Tyburn for buggery following a raid of Margaret Clap's molly house.

It can be seen in the teachings of men like Joseph Hussey ( d. 1726 ), John Skepp ( d. 1721 ), Lewis Wayman ( d. 1764 ), John Brine ( d. 1765 ), William Gadsby ( d. 1844 ) and John Gill ( d. 1771 ).

He and other Poole men were involved in the salmon fishery of the south coast in 1726.

In February 1726, Margaret Clap's molly house was raided by the police ; around 40 of its occupants were arrested.

The most famous of the French deists was Voltaire, who acquired a taste for Newtonian science, and reinforcement of deistic inclinations, during a two-year visit to England starting in 1726.

However, Britain and Spain were often at war during this period, fighting one another in the War of the Quadruple Alliance ( 1718 – 20 ), the Blockade of Porto Bello ( 1726 ) and the Anglo-Spanish War ( 1727 – 1729 ).

François-André Danican Philidor ( September 7, 1726 – August 31, 1795 ), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player.

His father was Christian Augustus ( 1673 — 1726 ) duke and a younger prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, prince-bishop of Lubeck, and administrator, during the Great Northern War, of the duchies of Holstein-Gottorp for his relative Charles Frederick.

In 1726 and 1727, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope reunited at Arbuthnot's house during visits, and Swift showed Arbuthnot the manuscript of Gulliver's Travels ahead of time.

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG ( 8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799 ) was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.

* Simon Fraser of Lovat ( 1726 – 1782 ), Jacobite leader and British general during the Seven Years ' War and American Revolutionary War

Her house was popular during the two years of its existence ( 1724 — 1726 ), being well known within the gay community.

James Bowdoin II ( August 7, 1726 – November 6, 1790 ) was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.

Toft's confession of 7 December demonstrates her insistence that her sister-in-law played no part in the hoax, but Manningham's 1726 An Exact Diary of what was observ'd during a Close Attendance upon Mary Toft, the pretended Rabbet-Breeder of Godalming in Surrey offers eyewitness testimony of her complicity.

Nevertheless, he continued to sculpt in Prague and made some significant pieces during the 1720s, such as the monumental statuary and pillar at the Hradčany square ( Hradčanské náměstí, 1726 ).

John Ker ( 8 August 1673 – 8 July 1726 ) was a Scottish spy during the Jacobite risings.

Earlier Mark Catesby saw it during his travels in Carolina, and after his return to England in 1726, imported seeds.

William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan KT PC ( 1675 – 17 July 1726 ) was a noted military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Following the British disaster in the Blockade of Porto Bello under Admiral Hosier in 1726, the port was attacked on November 21, 1739, and captured by a British fleet of six ships, commanded by Admiral Edward Vernon during the War of Jenkins ' Ear.

The 5020-volume state-sponsored encyclopedia Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng ( Traditional Chinese: 古今圖書集成 ; Simplified Chinese: 古今图书集成 ; literally " Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings from the Earliest to Current Times ") was published in 1726 and had been compiled by Chen Menglei and Jiang Tingxi during the reigns of Qing emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng.

The settlement grew during the 18th century, receiving its town privileges as Nikolaiken in 1726.

Later on, during the eighteenth century, the citizens of Lahr sued the House of Nassau in the " Lahr Law Suits " in 1726 and 1778.

In 1726 the regiment was posted to Minorca where it remained for the next 22 years, although a detachment was present at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Bunce Island in 1726 during the period of the Royal African CompanyBunce Island was first settled by English slave traders about 1670.

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB ( 2 December 1726 – 2 May 1814 ) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood.

Around 1726 John Harrison added the maintaining power spring to the fusee to keep marine chronometers running during winding, and this was generally adopted.

His most famous work was his history of the world from Creation to Pope Sixtus IV, Fasciculus temporum, which was published in many editions between 1474 and 1726, including almost 40 editions during his lifetime.

1726 – December 26, 1776 ) was a German colonel, best known for being in command of Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey at the Battle of Trenton during the American War of Independence.