1729 in literature
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See also: 1728 in literature, other events of 1729, 1730 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
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New Books
- The Art of Politics - James Bramston
- Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain - Thomas Innes
- A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift
- Polly - John Gay's sequel to The Beggar's Opera
Births
- January 12 - Edmund Burke
- January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- August 11 - Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun
- September 25 - Christian Gottlob Heyne
Deaths
- January 19 - William Congreve
- May 17 - Samuel Clarke
- September 1 - Richard Steele
- October 9 - Sir Richard Blackmore
- unknown date - Gershom Carmichael