Nekrolog 1726
This is a list of famous people who died in 1726 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2nd | Domenico Zipoli | Italian baroque composer and missionary | 37 | |
| 10. January | Andreas Reveillas du Veyne | Prussian lieutenant general of the cavalry, governor of the Peitz fortress | ||
| January 12th | Ercole Turinetti de Prié | Habsburg governor | 67 | |
| January 18th | Bartolomeo Laurenti | Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque | ||
| 21th January | Kacper Bażanka | Polish architect | ||
| 21th January | Franz Beer | Austrian architect and builder | 65 | |
| January 23 | Friedrich Konrad Hiller | German Protestant lawyer and hymn poet | 74 | |
| January 24th | Rowland Gwynne | English nobleman and Welsh politician | ||
| January 25th | Guillaume Delisle | French cartographer | 50 | |
| January 28th | Marie-Elisabeth de Ludres | Mistress of the French King Louis XIV. |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Joachim von Dale | Lawyer and Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Privy Councilor of Commerce | ||
| 3 February | Alexis Littré | French medic, surgeon, anatomist and university professor | 67 | |
| February 9 | Johann Friedrich Karcher | German garden architect and builder | 75 | |
| February 16 | Franz building material | Bohemian sculptor, carver, builder, carpenter and Jesuit | ||
| February 18 | Jacques Carrey | French painter and draftsman | 77 | |
| February 18 | Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski | Polish nobleman, civil servant and general | ||
| February 26th | Maximilian II Emanuel | Elector of Bavaria, general governor of the Netherlands | 63 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Alexander Magnus von der Marwitz | Prussian major general | 57 | |
| 1st March | Johann Abraham Mayer | German medic | 42 | |
| 6th March | Henriette Catharina von Gersdorff | German religious poet, promoter of reform movements in the Protestant Church, promoter of Herrnhut and poet | 77 | |
| March 11 | Louis Camus Destouches | French artillery officer | ||
| 19th March | Johann Adolf of Anhalt-Zerbst | Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | 71 | |
| March, 20th | Ulrich Junius | German astronomer, geographer and mathematician | 55 | |
| 26th of March | John Vanbrugh | English baroque architect and playwright | ||
| 27th of March | Carlo Luigi Pietragrua | Italian composer, conductor and choir director | ||
| March | Friedrich Ferdinand Bawyr von Frankenberg | Bergischer Pfennigmeister, Imperial Lieutenant General |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Vicent Presiac | Valencian composer, organist and choir master | ||
| 4. April | Bernhard Goeken | German provost and prior general | 65 | |
| April 5th | Ludwig Babenstuber | German Benedictine and professor at the Salzburg University | ||
| April 5th | Zacharias Wolf | German soldier in the service of Godfather, nobleman, fortress construction engineer, cartographer | 59 | |
| 12. April | Eberhard Finen | German Protestant theologian, abbot and Brunswick court preacher | 57 | |
| 12. April | Vincenzo Olivicciani | Italian singer (castrato, soprano) | 79 | |
| April 13th | Johannetta Antoinetta Juliana of Saxony-Eisenach | Princess of Saxony-Eisenach and Duchess of Saxony-Weissenfels-Querfurt | 28 | |
| April 13th | Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco | Spanish painter, art writer and clergyman | ||
| April 13th | Friedrich I. Vitzthum of Eckstädt | Saxon secret cabinet minister | 51 | |
| April 18 | Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau | Princess of Nassau-Dietz, regent | 59 | |
| April 24th | Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | Protestant prince-bishop of the Lübeck bishopric | 53 | |
| April 24th | Johann Georg Leuckfeld | Theologian, writer, historian and document collector | 57 | |
| April 25 | Benedikt Litwerig | Abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ossegg in Northern Bohemia | ||
| 26th of April | Jeremy Collier | English clergyman | 75 | |
| 26th of April | Johann Bernhard Friese | German legal scholar | 82 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th of May | Catharina Christina von Ahlefeldt | Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg | 38 | |
| May 13th | Francesco Antonio Pistocchi | Italian castrato and composer | ||
| May 19th | Josef Anton Stranitzky | Austrian actor and theater poet | 49 | |
| May 21 | Hermann Joachim Hahn | Protestant preacher | 46 | |
| 28th of May | Nikolaus Christoph Lyncker | German legal scholar | 83 | |
| May | Christian Zickermann | German Protestant pastor and historical researcher | 53 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Christian Thumb | Austrian architect | ||
| June 7th | Johann Georg Mohr | Austrian baroque sculptor | ||
| June 12 | Fabrizio Paolucci | Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 75 | |
| June 12 | Johann Andreas Schmidt | German Lutheran theologian and church historian | 73 | |
| 18th of June | Michel-Richard Delalande | French violinist and composer | 68 | |
| 18th of June | Michel Farinel | French violinist and Baroque composer | 77 | |
| 20th June | Johann Arnold Barckhausen | German legal scholar | 74 | |
| June 22 | George of Lilien | Prussian lieutenant general, governor of Geldern | 73 | |
| 23rd June | Johann Esaias von Rühle | Mayor of Heilbronn | 70 | |
| June 26th | Lüder Mencke | German lawyer | 67 | |
| June 27th | Johann Caspar Ripp | German porcelain, faience and blue painter | ||
| June | Titus Schröder | German clergyman and theologian | ||
| June | Michael Szembek | Auxiliary Bishop in Krakow |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg | Wife of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt | 26th | |
| 3rd of July | Anikita Ivanovich Repnin | Field Marshal General of the Russian Army | ||
| 5th July | David Nerreter | Lutheran theologian and general superintendent | 77 | |
| July 6th | Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff | Chancellor in the service of the Principality of Lüneburg, Minister of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 77 | |
| 16th of July | Maximilian Wilhelm of Braunschweig and Lüneburg | German soldier, Prince of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Imperial Field Marshal | 59 | |
| July 18th | Franz Laubler | German butcher and mercenary; Murderer of the Lutheran pastor Hermann Joachim Hahn from Dresden | ||
| 20th of July | Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont | French author and politician | 51 | |
| 20th of July | Johann Dientzenhofer | Bavarian builder of the baroque period | 63 | |
| 21 July | Johannes du Buisson | Prussian major general | ||
| July 25th | Philibert-Charles de Pas de Feuquières | French bishop | 69 | |
| July 26th | Filoteo Zassi | Greek Catholic Titular Archbishop and Vicar Apostolic | 72 | |
| July | Gotthard Ploennies | German lawyer, councilor in Lübeck | 68 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Gabriel Rühle | German master carpenter and architect | 68 | |
| 8th August | Auguste of Baden-Baden | Princess of Baden, wife of the Duke of Orléans | 21st | |
| August 9 | Nicholas II Bernoulli | Swiss mathematician and lawyer | 31 | |
| 13 August | Anthoni Schoonjans | Flemish painter | ||
| 15th of August | Erich Melchior Lunde | German Lutheran theologian and general superintendent | 54 | |
| 26th of August | Robert Beverley | American historian | ||
| 29th August | Johann Jacobi | German ore caster | 64 | |
| 29th August | Johann Adrian Slevogt | German medic | 72 | |
| August 30th | Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Koethen | Princess of Anhalt-Köthen, through marriage successively Princess of Saxony-Merseburg and Duchess of Saxony-Weimar | 30th |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Eleonore von Dönhoff | Wife of the Brandenburg-Prussian Field Marshal Hans Albrecht von Barfus | 51 | |
| September 3 | Johann Christoph Weigel | German engraver, art dealer and publisher in Nuremberg | 65 | |
| 5th September | Bernd von der Marwitz | Prussian major general and heir on leash | 65 | |
| 16th September | Jakob Prandtauer | Austrian baroque master builder | 66 | |
| 17th of September | Louis Remy de la Fosse | French architect who worked in Germany | ||
| September 18 | Johann Eberhard von Droste zu Zützen | Saxon general, commander of the Königstein Fortress | 64 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of October | Johann Friedrich Olearius | German legal scholar | 47 | |
| 9th October | Johann Georg Judas | Architect, court builder in the Electorate of Trier | 87 | |
| 9th October | Casimir Wilhelm of Hessen-Homburg | Prince of Hesse-Homburg | 36 | |
| October 27 | Johann Friedrich Bachoff from Echt | German lawyer, court official and statesman | 83 | |
| October 27 | Franz de Gabrieli | architect | ||
| October 27 | John Stevens | British translator, Romanist and Hispanicist | ||
| 28th of October | Felix Freywiller | Swiss master stonemason of the baroque era | ||
| October 31 | Johann Christoph von Ponickau | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon canon governor and chamberlain | 74 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th | Mannus Riedesel | German master carpenter | 64 | |
| November 6th | Johann Burchard May | German philologist and historian | 74 | |
| November 13th | Sophie Dorothea of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | Elector Princess of Hanover and (from 1714) de jure Queen of England | 60 | |
| November 16 | Giacomo del Pò | Italian painter | 71 | |
| November 27th | Christoph Bernhard von Nagel | General in Munster | 61 | |
| November 28th | Magdalena Sibylla of Saxony-Weissenfels | by marriage to the Duchess of Saxony-Eisenach | 53 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Georg Andreas Kraft | German baroque composer | ||
| December 4th | Ernst Bogislav von Kameke | Prussian Minister of State and General Post Director | 51 | |
| December 5th | Dominicus Geyer | Abbot of the Cistercian monastery Grüssau | 64 | |
| 6th of December | Maria Anna Lindmayr | German Carmelite and mystic | 69 | |
| 10th of December | Thomas Fritsch | Publishing bookseller | ||
| December 14th | François Dumont | French baroque sculptor | ||
| December 17th | Otto Curtius | German pastor of Golzheim | 73 | |
| December 18th | Georg Wilhelm | Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 48 | |
| 23rd of December | Giovanni Battista Bussi | Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal | 69 | |
| December 31 | Peter Kolb | German teacher and ethnologist | 51 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Bellucci | Italian Rococo painter | |||
| Konstantin von Buttlar | Prince Abbot of Fulda (1714–1726) | |||
| Margaret Clap | English landlady, key figure in gay history | |||
| Johann Frisching | Swiss officer and magistrate | |||
| Alessandro Gherardini | Italian painter | |||
| Wolfgang Ludwig von Grünthal | Nobleman, court war advisor from Baaden-Durlach and vice commandant of Pforzheim. | |||
| Muhammad Mubarak Khan I. | Emir of Shikarpur (Pakistan) | |||
| Heinrich Rantzau | Schleswig-Holstein criminal squire | |||
| Sultan Hosein | Iranian Shah of the Safavid dynasty |