1726 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XV

Events

• 11 July - André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV, banishes Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Madame de Prie from court.

Births

• 14 January - Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, French supporter of the American Revolution
• 20 June - Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, mother of Philippe Égalité
• 1 September - François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player

Deaths

• 25 January - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer
• 18 June - Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer