1729 in Great Britain

1729 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1729 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

* 1 May - A tornado destroys buildings in Sussex and Kent. [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1700-1750|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750|accessdate=2007-08-24]
* 9 November - Treaty of Seville signed between Great Britain, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863]

Undated

* Jonathan Swift publishes "A Modest Proposal".citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
* Opening of Dr Williams's Library in London.

Births

* 10 August - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, general (died 1814)

* Samuel Barrington, admiral (died 1800)

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)

References

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