1729
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s
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| Years: | 1726 1727 1728 - 1729 - 1730 1731 1732 |
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- This article is about the year. For the number, see 1729 (number).
Year 1729 (MDCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1729
- 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.
- November 9 - Treaty of Seville signed between Great Britain, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic.
- 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 (near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi).
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- 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 publishes A Modest Proposal.
- At the Battle of Damghan, the Persians under Nadir Shah defeat the Afghans.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1729 MDCCXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2482 |
| Armenian calendar | 1178 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -115 – -114 |
| Berber calendar | 2679 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2273 |
| Burmese calendar | 1091 |
| 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) |
| Coptic calendar | 1445 – 1446 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1721 – 1722 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5489 – 5490 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1784 – 1785 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1651 – 1652 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4830 – 4831 |
| Holocene calendar | 11729 |
| Iranian calendar | 1107 – 1108 |
| Islamic calendar | 1141 – 1142 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 14 (享保14年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2389 (皇紀2389年) |
| Julian calendar | 1774 |
| Korean calendar | 4062 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2272 |
- January 12 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (died 1799)
- January 12 - Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (died 1797)
- January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (died 1781)
- April 21 - Catherine the Great of Russia (died 1796)
- August 10 - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British general (died 1814)
- November 12 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator and military commander (died 1811)
- November 24 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (died 1800)
- date unknown - Samuel Barrington, British admiral (died 1800)
- See also Category: 1729 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 19 - William Congreve, English playwright (born 1670)
- January 31 - Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (born 1659)
- March 2 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian 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)
- See also Category: 1729 deaths.af:1729
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