On This Day

July 1726 in History

Events in History


Event of interestEvent of Interest

Jul 23 Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia

United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
United States Founding Father
Benjamin Franklin

Deaths in History

  • Jul 8 John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
  • Jul 22 Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
  • Jul 31 Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)