1729
- This article is about the year 1729. For other uses of 1729, see 1729 (number).
| Years: 1726 1727 1728 – 1729 – 1730 1731 1732 | |
| Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s – 1720s – 1730s 1740s 1750s | |
| Centuries: 17th century – 18th century – 19th century 1729 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
Events
- July 30 – Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
- First printing press was established in Ottoman Empire (app. 300 years after it was first used in western civilization) by Ibrahim Muteferrika.
- Astronomer James Bradley discovers and describes the prinicple of aberration of starlight.
Births
- January 12 – Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (d. 1797)
- January 22 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
- May 2 – Catherine the Great of Russia (d. 1796)
Deaths
- January 19 – William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670)
- May 17 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675)
- August 5 – Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (b. 1663)
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