This article is about the year. For the number, see 1729 (number) .
Year (''' MDCCXXIX ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- January 19 - William Congreve , English playwright (born 1670 )
- January 31 - Jakob Roggeveen , Dutch explorer (born 1659 )
- March 2 - Francesco Bianchini , Italian philosopher and scientist (born 1662 )
- March 21 - John Law , Scottish economist (born 1671 )
- May 17 - Samuel Clarke , English philosopher (born 1675 )
- July 16 - Johann David Heinichen , German composer (born 1683 )
- August 5 - Thomas Newcomen , English inventor (born 1663 )
- September 3 - Jean Hardouin , French scholar (born 1646 )
- September 7 - William Burnet , British Governor of New York and New Jersey (born 1688 )
- October 9 - Richard Blackmore , English physician and writer (born 1654 )
- December 1 - Giacomo F. Maraldi , French-Italian astronomer (born 1665 )
- December 13 - Anthony Collins , English philosopher (born 1676 )
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