Editing 1726 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury]], recalled from exile by King [[Louis XV of France]], banishes [[Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon]], and [[Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, marquise de Prie|Madame de Prie]] from court.
* [[August 7]] &ndash; Pirate [[Nicholas Brown (pirate)|Nicholas Brown]] is captured near [[Xtabi]], [[Jamaica]].
* [[September 6]] &ndash; An explosion kills all but seven of the 700 passengers and crew on the Portuguese Navy galleon [[Santa Rosa (1726)|HMFMS ''Santa Rosa'']] as its cargo of gunpowder blows up.  Historians speculate that of the 693 people on the ship, those who weren't killed by the explosion drowned or were killed by sharks as the ship went down off of the coast of [[Recife]].
* [[September 11]] &ndash; French bishop [[André-Hercule de Fleury]], later Prime Minister for King [[Louis XV]] of France, is made a Roman Catholic Cardinal by [[Pope Benedict XIII]].
* [[September 14]] &ndash; The [[Nanfan Treaty]] of July 19, 1701 between the [[Iroquois Confederacy]]  and the British [[Province of New York]], is amended by both parties.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; An earthquake strikes [[Sicily]] and kills 226 people in [[Palermo]].<ref>''Atlas of Isoseismal Maps of Italian Earthquakes'', ed. by D. Postpieschi (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 1986)</ref> 
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]], issues an order limiting the number of Jews who can be legally recognized as legitimate householders.<ref>[https://www.wmjgs.org/marriage-and-family-laws-in-galicia.php "Marriage and Family Laws and Their Impact on Civil Registration of Vital Events"], by Suzan Wynne, ''The Galitzianer'' (November 16, 2003)</ref>
* [[September 24]] &ndash; Permission to celebrate the feast of [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]], celebrated on July 17, is extended by [[Pope Benedict XIII]] to the entire Roman Catholic Church.<ref>[https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/feast-of-our-lady-mount-carmel "Feast of Our Lady Mount Carmel"], ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' online</ref>