1726 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1726 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George I of Great Britain
*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

* May - Voltaire begins an exile in England which lasts three years.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]

Undated

* Completion of St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London as designed by James Gibbs. ["1726." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 11 Jun, 2007]
* Invention of the gridiron pendulum by John Harrison.
* General George Wade begins an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in Scotland.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 212-213|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Publications

* Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels".

Births

* 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)
* "date unknown" - 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)
* 10 May - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, soldier (born 1670)
* 8 July - John Ker, spy (born 1673)
* 23 November - Sophia, Princess of Zelle, queen of George I of Great Britain (born 1666)

References

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