1726

1726 (MDCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1726th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 726th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1726, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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

1726 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1726 MDCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2479
Armenian calendar	1175 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	6476
Balinese saka calendar	1647–1648
Bengali calendar	1133
Berber calendar	2676
British Regnal year	12 Geo. 1 – 13 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar	2270
Burmese calendar	1088
Byzantine calendar	7234–7235
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4422 or 4362     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4423 or 4363
Coptic calendar	1442–1443
Discordian calendar	2892
Ethiopian calendar	1718–1719
Hebrew calendar	5486–5487
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1782–1783
- Shaka Samvat	1647–1648
- Kali Yuga	4826–4827
Holocene calendar	11726
Igbo calendar	726–727
Iranian calendar	1104–1105
Islamic calendar	1138–1139
Japanese calendar	Kyōhō 11 (享保１１年)
Javanese calendar	1650–1651
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4059
Minguo calendar	186 before ROC 民前186年
Nanakshahi calendar	258
Thai solar calendar	2268–2269
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1852 or 1471 or 699     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1853 or 1472 or 700

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)