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- This article is about the year. For the number, see 1729.
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).
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 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).
Undated[]
- 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.
Births[]
| Gregorian calendar | 1729 MDCCXXIX
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2482 |
| Armenian calendar | 1178 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -115 – -114 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2273 |
| 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
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| - 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)
- May 2 - Catherine the Great of Russia (died 1796)
- August 10 - William 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 1729 births.
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 1729 deaths.
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People of the year 1729 at Familypedia
109 people were born in 1729
60 children were born to the 49 women born in 1729
116 people died in 1729
6844 people lived in 1729
| Father | Mother | |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Hendriks (1663-bef1753) | Heinrich Jansz (c1640-) | Engel Pieters (c1640-) |
| Geertje Jans (1713-1752) | Jan Jacobsz | Aacht Cornelis |
| Lijsbeth Remberts (1707-1748) | Rembert Jansz (1678-) | Agnes Schuijf (1676-) |
| Marij Pieters (1674-1743) | Pieter Jansz (c1645-1700) | Geert Jans (c1650-1693) |
| Maritje Jacobs (1690-1744) | ||
| Neeltje Claassen (c1780-1743) | ||
| Niesje Jans (1699-1764) | Jan Bartsz (1666-1728) | Lijsebeth Jans (-) |
| Pieter Olfertsz (1693-1730) | ||
| Reijnouwtje Davids (c1723-aft1753) | ||
| Teunis Sijmensz (1674-1733) | Simon Laurentsz (1653-1728) | Divera Teunis (-c1700) |
| Trijn Andries (1690-1746) | ||
| Maartje Meijnderts (-1732) | Meijndert Andreas (-) | Reijnildis Gerbrands |
| Mary Abbe (1712-1735) | Ebenezer Abbe (1683-1758) | Mary Elizabeth Allen (1688-1766) |
| Benjamin Abbot (1686-1748) | Benjamin Abbot (1661-1703) | Sarah Farnham (1661-bef1726) |
| John Abbot (1674-1754) | John Abbot (1648-1721) | Sarah Barker (1647-1729) |
| ... further results | ||
Events of the year 1729 at Familypedia
102 people were married in 1729.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Abbot (1686-1748) | Elizabeth Abbot (1690-1718)+Abigail Abbot (1699-1753) |
| Ebenezer Adams (1704-1769) | Anne Boylston (1706-1770) |
| William Addams (1705-1773) | Ann Lane (bef1710-aft1773) |
| Susanna Ames (1711-1788) | Edward Tripp (1709-1780) |
| Joshua Atwood (1701-1799) | Sarah Hatch (1713-1756) |
| Hannah Backus (1676-1752) | Thomas Bingham (1667-1720) + Daniel Tracy (1652-1728) + Samuel Griswold (1665-1740) |
| John Bannister (1696-1779) | Abigail Barker (1702-1727) + Martha Rice (1703-1767) |
| Solomon Bates (1702-1787) | Hannah Grover (1707-1774) |
| David Bigelow (1706-1799) | Editha Day (1705-1747)+Mercy Kellogg (1709-1795) |
| Dirk Boerman (1706-c1770) | Geert Klaas + Griet Molenaar + Freekje Jans |
| Anne Boylston (1706-1770) | Ebenezer Adams (1704-1769) |
| Elizabeth Bradstreet (1712-1751) | Joseph Peabody (1704-1755) |
| Gerrit Breen (1701-1799) | Trijntje Tulp |
| Abigail Brigham (1708-1799) | John Snow (1706-1777) |
| Levinah Brigham (1711-1749) | John Fay (1669-1747) |
| ... further results | |
There were 0 military battles in 1729.