1729
- This article is about the year 1729. For other uses, see 1729 (number).
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 |
| 1729 in topic: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1729 MDCCXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2482 |
| Armenian calendar | 1178 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 4365/4425-12-2 (戊申年十二月初二日) — to — 4366/4426-11-12(己酉年十一月十二日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1721 – 1722 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5489 – 5490 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1784 – 1785 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1651 – 1652 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4830 – 4831 |
| Iranian calendar | 1107 – 1108 |
| Islamic calendar | 1142 – 1143 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2272 |
Contents |
Events
- Astronomer James Bradley discovers and describes the principle of aberration of starlight.
- The third oldest settlement in Mississippi, Port Gibson, was founded
- A fire in Istanbul destroys 12,000 houses and kills 7,000 inhabitants.
- Jonathan Swift writes A Modest Proposal.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
- July 25 - Seven of the original eight Lords Proprietors sell their tracts within the Province of Carolina back to the crown. The Province is permanently divided and reorganized into the Royal Colonies of North Carolina and South Carolina.
- July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
August
September
October
November
- November 28 - The worst Indian massacre to take place on Mississippi soil occurs when Natchez Indians kill 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, MS (near modern-day Natchez, MS).
December
Births
- January 12 - Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (died 1797)
- January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (died 1781)
- May 2 - Catherine the Great of Russia (died 1796)
- November 12 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator and military commander (died 1811)
- November 24 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (died 1800)
Deaths
- January 19 - William Congreve, English playwright (born 1670)
- January 31 - Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (born 1659)
- March 2 - Francesco Bianchini, Italain philosopher and scientist (born 1662)
- March 21 - John Law, Scottish economist (born 1671)
- May 17 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (born 1675)
- July 16 - Johann David Heinichen, German composer (born 1683)
- August 5 - Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (born 1663)
- September 3 - Jean Hardouin, French scholar (born 1646)
- September 7 - William Burnet, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (born 1688)
- October 9 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (born 1654)
- December 1 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (born 1665)
- December 13 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (born 1676)
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