1726

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Instance of: common year starting and ending on Tuesday
Part of: Gregorian calendar
Followed by: 1727
Follows: 1725
Image: “1726” in Georgia Font.jpg

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point in time: 1726-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 1726
category for births in this time period: Category:1726 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:1726 deaths
Commons category: 1726
topic's main category: Category:1726

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November 8: Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift is published.

1726 (MDCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1726th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 726th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1726, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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