1726 deaths

French physician and anatomist (1654-1725)

Flemish Baroque painter (1655-1726)

Italian noblewoman, poet, actress, patron

Spanish general

English nobleman and politician

German politician (1649-1726)

English peer and Governor of Jamaica (1682-1726)

French classical philologist and translator

Serbian vampire

Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church

British theologian

Italian painter (1665-1726)

Spanish missionary

thumb|right|200px|portrait by Kurihara Nobumitsu Shiba Sonome (1664–1726, 斯波 園女) was a Japanese zen poet. She was an acquaintance and friend of Matsuo Bashō, and their correspondence is a treasure of zen and haiku history. On a final visit in 1694, Bashō paid homage to her in a haiku, hiragiku no me ni tatete miru chiri mo nashi, 白菊の目に立てゝ見る塵もなし, in the eye of a white chrysanthemum, there is not a speck of dust.

Austrian architect (1659/1660-1726)

French Baroque architect who worked primarily in Germany

sculptor from France

Yuntang (17 October 1683 – 22 September 1726), born Yintang, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. He was the ninth son of the Kangxi Emperor and an ally of his eighth brother Yunsi, who was the main rival to their fourth brother Yinzhen in the power struggle over the succession. In 1722, Yinzhen succeeded their father and became historically known as the Yongzheng Emperor, after which he started purging his former rivals. In 1725, the Yongzheng Emperor stripped Yuntang off his beizi title, banished him from the Aisin Gioro clan, and imprisoned him in Baoding. Yuntang died under mysterious

British earl (1672-1725)

English earl and politician

Irish poet

Italian painter (1648-1717)

Italian poet

ruler (susuhunan) of Mataram

sculptor

Italian poet (1660-1726)

Dutch painter (1653–1726)

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1658-1726)

English murderer

English musician and composer

French royal governess

18th-century painter from the Southern Netherlands (1683-1726)

Portuguese harpist, guitarist and composer

German noblewoman; poet (1648-1726)

Irish peer and soldier

Irish Anglican cleric and poet

British antiquary; (1677-1726)

cartographer

French painter (1678-1726)

French nobleman (1675-1726)

Spanish naturalist, pharmacist and botanist (1683-1726)

German chamberlain