1729
- For alternative meanings, see number 1729.
| 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 literature List of state leaders in 1729 | |
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.
Births
- January 12 - Edmund Burke, statesman, philosopher
- January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, author and philosopher (+ 1781)
- May 2 - Catherine the Great of Russia
Deaths
- January 19 - William Congreve, English playwright
- May 17 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher
- August 5 - Thomas Newcomen, English inventor of an early steam engine (born 1663)
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