1729


 * This article is about the year. For the number, see .

Year 1729 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

Events of 1729

 * - Seven of the original eight sell their tracts within the  back to the crown.  The Province is permanently divided and reorganized into the Royal Colonies of  and.
 * -  is founded.
 * - signed between, ,  and the.
 * - The worst Indian massacre to take place on soil occurs when  kill 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at  (near modern-day ).

Undated

 * Astronomer discovers and describes the principle of.
 * The third oldest settlement in, , was founded.
 * A fire in destroys 12,000 houses and kills 7,000 inhabitants.
 * publishes .
 * At the, the Persians under defeat the Afghans.

Births

 * -, Italian biologist (died )
 * -, Irish statesman and philosopher (died )
 * -, German author and philosopher (died )
 * - of Russia (died )
 * -, British general (died )
 * -, French navigator and military commander (died )
 * -, Russian general (died )
 * date unknown -, British admiral (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, English playwright (born )
 * -, Dutch explorer (born )
 * -, Italian philosopher and scientist (born )
 * -, Scottish economist (born )
 * -, English philosopher (born )
 * -, German composer (born )
 * -, English inventor (born )
 * -, French scholar (born )
 * -, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (born )
 * -, English physician and writer (born )
 * -, French-Italian astronomer (born )
 * -, English philosopher (born )


 * See also .