1729 in literature

See also: 1728 in literature, other events of 1729, 1730 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• None listed

New Books

• A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift
• Polly - John Gay's sequel to The Beggar's Opera

Births

• January 12 - Edmund Burke
• January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• August 11 - Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun
• September 25 - Christian Gottlob Heyne

Deaths

• January 19 - William Congreve
• May 17 - Samuel Clarke
• September 1 - Richard Steele
• October 9 - Sir Richard Blackmore
• unknown date - Gershom Carmichael