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1726 deaths

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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

Ruler of the Electorate of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726

English architect and dramatist (1664–1726)

Sophia Dorothea of Celle

wife of George I of Great Britain (1666-1726)

Nicolaus II Bernoulli

Russian mathematician (1695-1726)

Michel Richard Delalande

French composer

Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin

Prince regent of Eutin, Prince-bishop of Lübeck and regent of the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp

Antonio Palomino

painter from Spain (1655-1726)

Jakob Prandtauer

Austrian architect (1660-1726)

Domenico Zipoli

Italian composer, organist and Jesuit missionary

Auguste of Baden-Baden

German princess (1704-1726)

Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

wife of Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Henriette Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau

Regent of Nassau-Dietz (1666-1726)

Guillaume Delisle

French cartographer (1675-1726)

Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans

British Duke (1670-1726)

Antonio Maria Bononcini

Italian cellist and composer

Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

German noblewoman

Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German Field Marshal (1666-1726)

Russian general (1668-1726)

George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1678-1726)

Isabelle de Ludres

French lady-in-waiting

Johann Dientzenhofer

German architect

English politician; (1653-1726)

Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski

Casimir William of Hesse-Homburg

Prince of Hesse-Homburg (1690-1726)

William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan

military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Fabrizio Paolucci

Catholic cardinal (1651-1726)

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Italian painter (1652-1726)

Antioh Cantemir

Prince of Moldavia

French Jesuit priest and egyptologist (1677–1726)

Galeazzo Marescotti

Italian cardinal (1627-1726)

Domenico Maria De Mari

Yunsi (29 March 1680 – 5 October 1726), born as Yinsi, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty in China. The eighth son of the Kangxi Emperor, Yunsi was a pivotal figure in the power struggle over the succession to his father's throne. Yunsi was believed to be favoured by most officials in the imperial court to be the next emperor but ultimately lost the struggle to his fourth brother Yinzhen, who became the Yongzheng Emperor.

English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian

astronomer (1675-1726) in South Africa

French painter (1649–1726)

Chinese general (1679-1726)

Gregorio De Ferrari

Italian painter (1647-1726)

Hannah Callowhill Penn

Second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn (1671-1726)

Giovanni Battista Bussi

Catholic cardinal (1657-1726)

Francesco Antonio Pistocchi

Italian singer and composer

George IV of Guria

King of Imereti

Antonio Bellucci

Venetian painter (1654-1726)

Italian cardinal (1663-1726)

Fath Ali Khan Qajar

Qajar chieftain

Giacomo del Pò

Italian painter

Konstanty Władysław Filip Sobieski

Polish noble, son of John III Sobieski, King of Poland

Dutch engraver (c.1651-1726)

Ecumenical Patriarch Callinicus III of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

Johannes Glauber

Dutch painter (1646-1726)

Mary Tudor, Countess of Derwentwater

noblewoman; illegitimate child of English king

Vicente Bacallar

Sardinian noble

Antonio Pacchioni

Italian anatomist

Shivaji I of Kolhapur

Ruler of Maratha Empire

Matthijs Naiveu

Dutch painter (1647-1726)

English captain, Hispanist and translator

Josef Anton Stranitzky

Austrian playwright (1676-1726)

Teodoro Ardemans

Giovanni Battista Tolomei

Italian Jesuit priest, theologian and cardinal