1726 in France

Events from the year 1726 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Louis XV

Events

 * 11 July – André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France, banishes Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Madame de Prie from court.
 * 11 July – André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France, banishes Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Madame de Prie from court.
 * 11 July – André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France, banishes Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Madame de Prie from court.
 * 11 July – André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France, 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 (d. 1803)
 * 20 June – Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, mother of Philippe Égalité (d. 1759)
 * 1 September – François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. 1795)
 * 14 January – Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, French supporter of the American Revolution (d. 1803)
 * 20 June – Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, mother of Philippe Égalité (d. 1759)
 * 1 September – François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. 1795)
 * 20 June – Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, mother of Philippe Égalité (d. 1759)
 * 1 September – François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. 1795)

Deaths

 * 25 January – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
 * 18 June – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
 * 25 January – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
 * 18 June – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
 * 25 January – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
 * 18 June – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
 * 18 June – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)