1729 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1729 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
[edit] Events
- 1 May - A tornado destroys buildings in Sussex and Kent.[1]
- 9 November - Treaty of Seville signed between Great Britain, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic.[2]
[edit] Undated
- Jonathan Swift publishes A Modest Proposal.[3]
- Opening of Dr Williams's Library in London.[3]
[edit] Births
- 10 August - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, general (died 1814)
- Samuel Barrington, admiral (died 1800)
[edit] Deaths
- 19 January - William Congreve, playwright (born 1670)
- 21 March - John Law, economist (born 1671)
- 17 May - Samuel Clarke, philosopher (born 1675)
- 5 August - Thomas Newcomen, inventor (born 1663)
- 1 September - Richard Steele, essayist and co-founder of The Spectator (born 1672, Dublin)
- 9 October - Richard Blackmore, physician and writer (born 1654)
- 13 December - Anthony Collins, philosopher (born 1676)
[edit] References
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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