1726 in Great Britain
Events from the year 1726 in Great Britain.
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Incumbents
Events
- May – Voltaire begins an exile in England which lasts three years.[2]
- 25 May – Britain's first circulating library[3] is opened in Edinburgh[4] by poet and bookseller Allan Ramsay.
- 27 June – the Grand Allies, a cartel of coalowning families in the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, is formed by George and Henry Liddell, George Bowes and Sidney and Edward Wortley.[5]
- 20 October – dedication of St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London as designed by James Gibbs.[6]
- October–December – Mary Toft from Godalming causes a sensation by purporting to give birth to rabbits.
Undated
- Invention of the gridiron pendulum by John Harrison.[2]
- General George Wade begins an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in Scotland.[7]
Publications
- Jonathan Swift's anonymous novel Gulliver's Travels.[2]
Births
- 17 January – Hugh Mercer, soldier and physician (died 1777)
- 8 March – Richard Howe, admiral (died 1799)
- 12 April – Charles Burney, music historian (died 1814)
- 12 May – Alexander Hood, naval officer (died 1814)
- 3 June – James Hutton, geologist (died 1797)
- 14 June – Thomas Pennant, naturalist (died 1798)
- 2 September – John Howard, prison reformer (died 1790)
- 26 September – John H. D. Anderson, scientist (died 1796)
Deaths
- 5 March – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, politician (born c. 1655)
- 26 March – John Vanbrugh, architect and dramatist (born 1664)
- 26 April – Jeremy Collier, theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (born 1650)
- 28 April – Thomas Pitt, Governor of Madras (born 1653)[8]
- 9 May – Catherine Hayes, murderer, burned at the stake (born 1690)
- 10 May – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, soldier (born 1670)
- 8 July – John Ker, Scottish Presbyterian and informer (born 1673 in Scotland)
- August – Colonel John Stewart, Member of Parliament for the Kirkcudbright Stewartry, killed by Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet, of Stobs
- 5 November – Lady Mary Tudor, heiress (born 1673)
- 23 November – Sophia, Princess of Zelle, queen consort of George I of Great Britain (born 1666)
See also
References
- "History of Sir Robert Walpole - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- Altick, Richard D. (1957). The English Common Reader. University of Chicago Press.
- "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- "1726". Co-Curate. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1726". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 212–213. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- "Thomas Pitt | British merchant". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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