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1729

Alternate uses, 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 1729 in music 1729 in science List of state leaders in 1729 List of religious 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)