What happened in 1729?
46 recorded events in 1729, including 24 in people, 6 in wars & conflicts and 5 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 6
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Battle of Damghan
Battle near the city of Damghan, Iran
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Battle of Murche-Khort
1729 battle
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Battle of Herat
1729 battle
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Battle of Zarghan
Conflict in 1730 during Nader's Campaigns
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Battle of Khwar Pass
1729 battle
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Maratha–Portuguese War
Historical conflict in India
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Seville
Peace treaty
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People 24
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Jakob Roggeveen died
Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer
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Thomas Newcomen died
English inventor, ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher (1664-1729)
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William Congreve died
British writer (1670-1729)
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Samuel Clarke died
English philosopher and clergyman (*1675 – †1729)
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Giacomo F. Maraldi died
French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (1665-1729)
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Francesco Bianchini died
Italian philosopher, astronomer and archaeologist (1662-1729)
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Michael Bernhard Valentini died
German physician and naturalist (1657–1729)
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Sébastien Truchet died
French Dominican priest, inventor, and scientist (1657–1729)
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François Noël died
Flemish Christian missionary to China (1651–1729)
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Claude Rabuel died
(1669-1729)
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Pierre-Charles de Liette died
Italian explorer
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Nicola Francesco Haym died
Italian composer and musician (1678-1729)
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Michel Baron died
French actor
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Catherine II of Russia born
Born in Szczecin. Eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796).
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Edmund Burke born
Born in Dublin. Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797).
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing born
Born in Kamenz. German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781).
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Moses Mendelssohn born
Born in Dessau. German-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786).
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville born
Born in Paris. French admiral and explorer (1729–1811).
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William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe born
Born in London. British General in the American War of Independence (1729-1814).
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Giuseppe Parini born
Born in Bosisio Parini. Italian poet.
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Anders Chydenius born
Born in Sotkamo parish village. Swedish priest and politician (1729–1803).
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Antonio Soler born
Born in Olot. Catalan & Spanish composer.
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Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing born
Born in Château de Ravel. French admiral during the War of American Independence (1729-1794).
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Michael von Melas born
Born in Roadeș. Austrian general.
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Science & Technology 2
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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino
Botanical garden in Italy
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Antinous Mondragone
Bust of Antinous found in the Roman villa
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Lal Masjid, Delhi
Mosque in India
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Taraknath Temple
Hindu temple of Shiva in West Bengal, India
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St. Martin
Filial church in Lohkirchen, Fraunberg, Germany
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Radha Gobinda Temple
Temple in Bishnupur, West Bengal, India
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St. Petrus (Tegernbach)
St. Petrus (Tegernbach) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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San Gregorio della Divina Pietà
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Divino Amore a Campo Marzio
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Nikolajevska crkva, Novi Sad
Church building in Novi Sad, Serbia
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St George in the East
Church in Tower Hamlets, UK
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Post-Byzantine church of Saint Athanasius in Alepochori, Evros
Church building in Didimoteiho Municipality, Greece
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Empires & Countries 2
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Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor founded
Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor was founded, with its capital at Thiruvananthapuram.
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Venad dissolved
Venad ceased to exist, having been centered at Kollam.
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