1729 deaths

English inventor, ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher (1664-1729)

British writer (1670-1729)

17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician

Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer

Scottish economist and banker (1671-1729)

17th–18th century French priest and atheist (1664–1729)

Russian statesman and general

duke of Lorraine, Bar and of Teschen

English philosopher and clergyman (*1675 – †1729)

French musician

German composer and music theorist

English philosopher (1676-1729)

Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Maratha navy admiral

Heir apparent of Neuburg, Sulzbach and the Palatinate

Catholic cardinal (1651-1729)

painter and printmaker (1664-1729)

Italian composer

French classical scholar (1646-1729)

German duke

Italian composer and musician (1678-1729)

French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (1665-1729)

Italian philosopher, astronomer and archaeologist (1662-1729)

German noble

Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen (1658–1729)

Swedish artist (1666-1729)

Sultan of Morocco

American poet

Russian statesman and diplomat (1645–1729)

German theologian (1667-1729)

Sultan of Morocco (1696-1729)

Polish noble (1679-1728)

German noble (1655-1729); Archbishop of Mainz from 1695

Scottish architect and architectural writer (1676–1729)

Danish prince

British nobleman and politician (1672-1729)

French actor

Italian Friar Minor and preacher

Mayanist

duke

Prince of Savoy (1687–1729)

English poet and physician

American artist (c.1674-1729)

Italian painter (1648–1729)

Italian naturalist and classicist

German philosopher

Flemish sculptor and ornamental designer (1661–1729)

French diplomat

doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica

Polish noblewoman

Italian architect and etcher

Catholic cardinal (1654-1729)

Italian painter

French ballet dancer and choreographer

German painter (1665–1729)

Italian sculptor of the Baroque period

German theologian

Royal Navy admiral (1659-1729)

18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1669-1729)