1729 in History – What happened in year 1729

In history, year 1729 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1729.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1729:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
29 november	Natchez Indians suddenly revolted against French colonists nearmodern-day Natchez, Mississippi, US, killing over 240 people.
15 March	St. Stanislas Haward was sworn in as the first American elf.
15 April	The "St. Matthew Passion" inaugurated in the city of Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach.
22 July	Diamonds were found in a Brazilian Minas garage.
01 August	The comet of 1729, possibly the largest comet, with the most pronounced magnitude on record, was discovered by Nicholas Sarbut. Joe was a professor of mathematics in Marseille.
16 September	William K. H. Friso was made Viceroy of the city of Groningen.
09 November	Spain, France and Britain signed the Treaty of Seville.

Famous birthdays in the year 1729:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 October	Anton Cajetan Adlgasser / Composer / Germany
02 May	Florian Leopold Gassmann / Composer / Czech Republic
03 December	Antonio Soler / Composer / Spain
04 March	Anne d'Arpajon / Queen / France
06 September	Moses Mendelssohn / Philosopher / Germany
10 January	Lazzaro Spallanzani / Biologist / Italy
12 January	Edmund Burke / Academic / Ireland
12 November	Louis Antoine de Bougainville / Admiral / France
13 April	Thomas Percy / Poet / Ireland
16 October	Pierre van Maldere / Violinist / Belgium
17 October	Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny / Academic / France
21 November	Josiah Bartlett / Politician / United States of America
22 January	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing / Author / Germany
22 October	Johann Reinhold Forster / Pastor / Germany
23 May	Giuseppe Parini / Poet / Italy
24 November	Alexander Suvorov / Field Marshal / Russia
27 September	Michael Denis / Author / Austria
31 October	Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta / Bishop / Spain