Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1729
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Literature
- Benjamin Franklin begins publishing The Pennsylvania
Gazette
- December: Samuel Johnson leaves Oxford and returns to Lichfield
- Alexander Pope, The Dunciad Variorum
- Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
Theatre
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel) travels to Italy and
Germany
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Lotario
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Stephen Gray of England discovers the principle of electrical
conduction
Politics & Law
- Frederick Louis is created Prince of Wales
Philosophy & Theology
- 25 December: Phillip Dodderidge begins ministry at Northampton
Presbyterian church
Milestones
- Birth of Edmund Burke
- Death of Colen Campbell, Scottish lawyer and architect
- Birth of John William Fletcher
- Death of Richard Steele
Miscellaneous
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