Events from the year 1726 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
Events
Publications
Births
Deaths
- 5 March â Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, politician (born c. 1655)
- 26 March â John Vanbrugh, architect and dramatist (born 1664)
- 26 April â Jeremy Collier, theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (born 1650)
- 28 April â Thomas Pitt, Governor of Madras (born 1653)
- 9 May â Catherine Hayes, murderer, burned at the stake (born 1690)
- 10 May â Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, soldier (born 1670)
- 8 July â John Ker, Scottish Presbyterian and informer (born 1673 in Scotland)
- August â Colonel John Stewart, Member of Parliament for the Kirkcudbright Stewartry, killed by Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet, of Stobs
- 5 November â Lady Mary Tudor, heiress (born 1673)
- 23 November â Sophia, Princess of Zelle, queen consort of George I of Great Britain (born 1666)
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