What is 1726?
{{Year nav|1726}} {{Year in various calendars|1726}} {{Year article header|1726}} == Events == *[[George Friderich Handel]] becomes a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|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. ==Births== * June 23 {{ndash}} [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia|Victor Amadeus III]], King of [[Sardinia]] (d. [[1796]]) * April 5 {{ndash}} [[Benjamin Harrison V]], signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] (d. [[1791]]) * June 3 {{ndash}} [[James Hutton]], Scottish geologist (d. [[1797]]) * June 11 {{ndash}} [[Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain]], daughter of [[Philip V of Spain]] (d. [[1746]]) * June 20 {{ndash}} [[Louise Henriette de Bourbon]], mother of [[Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|Philippe Égalité]] (d.[[1759]]) * September 1 {{ndash}} [[François-André Danican Philidor]], [[French people|French]] [[chess]] player (d. [[1795]]) * December 1 {{ndash}} [[Oliver Wolcott]], signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. [[1797]]) * December 3 {{ndash}} [[George Wythe]], signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. [[1806]]) == Deaths == * August 8 - [[Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden]], Duchess of Orleans (b. [[1704]]) [[Category:1726| ]]