1726 in France

Events from the year 1726 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV

Events

• 11 July – André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV, banishes Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Madame de Prie from court.

Births

• 14 January – Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, French supporter of the American Revolution (d. 1803)
• 20 June – Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, mother of Philippe Égalité (d. 1759)
• 1 September – François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. 1795)

Deaths

• 25 January – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
• 18 June – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)

See also

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