Today in History for Year 1726

Months in Year 1726: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

Feb 8th - The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
May 5th - Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris
May 9th - Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
May 24th - -26] People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax
Jun 11th - Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier
Jul 23rd - Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia
Aug 6th - Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty
Aug 9th - Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
Oct 11th - Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 25 of 25

Jan 4th - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
Jan 18th - Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
Feb 15th - Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence
Mar 8th - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)
Mar 14th - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer
Apr 8th - Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)
Apr 12th - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
Apr 20th - Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer
Apr 26th - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
May 20th - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
May 25th - Giuseppi Paolucci, composer
Jun 3rd - James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist
Jun 25th - Thomas Pennant, British naturalist
Jul 20th - William Jones, composer
Aug 7th - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
Aug 9th - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)
Aug 26th - Karl Kohaut, composer
Sep 7th - Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion
Oct 14th - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (d. 1813)
Oct 16th - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
Nov 20th - Oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]
Nov 30th - Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver
Dec 1st - Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer
Dec 1st - Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Declar of Independence)
Dec 24th - Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 2nd - Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
Jan 25th - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
Feb 26th - Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies
Mar 5th - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
Mar 26th - John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62
Apr 17th - Henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
Apr 26th - Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
Apr 28th - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
May 10th - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)
May 14th - John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
May 14th - Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
Jun 18th - Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68
Jul 8th - John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
Jul 22nd - Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
Jul 31st - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
Oct 16th - Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77
Dec 2nd - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)