Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1726
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Literature
- Bentley, On Latin Metres
- Daniel Defoe, The History of the Devil
- John Dyer, Grongar Hill
- Penn, Works, ed. Besse
- Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, Gulliver's Travels
- Lewis Theobald, Shakespeare Restored (an attack on Alexander
Pope)
- James Thomson, Winter
- Voltaire travels in England
- Tea Table Miscellany, vol. 2 (through 1727)
Theatre
- Aaron Hill, The Fatal Extravagance
- William Law, The Absolute Unlawfulness of Stage Entertainment Fully
Demonstrated
- John Dennis, The Stage Defended
- Leonard Welsted, The Dissembled Wanton
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Scipione
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Alessandro,
with Faustina
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- Bolingbroke, Chesterfield, Pulteney, et al. begin The
Craftsman
- Fleury becomes the premier of France
- Ripperda, Prime Minister of Spain, is dismissed for incompetence and
imprisoned
Philosophy & Theology
- Atterbury, Sermons
- Butler, Fifteen Sermons
- Law, Treatise upon Christian Perfection
- Charles Wesley enters Christ Church College, Oxford
- Jonathan Edwards becomes Associate Minister in Northampton,
Massachusetts
Milestones
- Birth of Charles Burney, musicologist
- Death of Jeremy Collier
- Death of Lalande, composer
- Birth of Maurice Morgann
- Death of John Vanbrugh, architect and dramatist
- Death of William Wotton
Miscellaneous
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