1726

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1690s  1700s  1710s  – 1720s –  1730s  1740s  1750s
Years:	1723 1724 1725 – 1726 – 1727 1728 1729

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.

Births

• June 23 – Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia (d. 1796)
• April 5 – Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
• June 3 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
• June 11 – Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, daughter of Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
• June 20 – Louise Henriette de Bourbon, mother of Philippe Égalité (d.1759)
• September 1 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (d. 1795)
• December 1 – Oliver Wolcott, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1797)
• December 3 – 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)