The 1729 reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

1729

Alternate uses, see Number 1729

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

Years: 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 - 1729 - 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734

---

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

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.

Year in topic

• 1729 in literature
• 1729 in science

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)

This is the "1729" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.