Editing 1729 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick]], the eldest son of King [[George II of Great Britain]] is made [[Prince of Wales]] at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in [[Hanover]]. For 23 years, Frederick is heir apparent to the British throne, but dies of a lung injury in [[1751]].
* [[January 19]] &ndash; At the age of 14, [[Joseph I of Portugal|Joseph]] (José), [[Prince of Brazil]], son of King [[John V of Portugal]], is married to the 10-year-old Princess [[Mariana Victoria of Spain]], eldest daughter of King [[Philip V of Spain]]. In 1750, the couple become King Joseph I and Queen Consort Mariana Victoria of Spain.
* [[February 14]] &ndash; King [[Philip V of Spain]] issues a royal ''[[Real cédula|cedula]]'', directing an effort to offer incentives to families from the [[Canary Islands]] for settlements in New Spain north of the [[Rio Grande]] in the modern-day U.S. state of [[Texas]]<ref>Gilbert R. Cruz, ''Let There Be Towns: Spanish Municipal Origins in the American Southwest, 1610-1810'' (Texas A&M University Press, 1996) p60</ref> (→ [[Canarian Americans]]).
* [[February 24]] (February 13 O.S.) &ndash; In the city of [[Resht]] in [[Persia]], Russian and Afghani leaders sign a peace treaty, with General Vasily Levashev for Russia and Muhammad Saidal Khan for Afghanistan.<ref>Martin Sicker, ''The Islamic World in Decline: From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire'' (Greenwood Press, 2001) p57</ref>
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[James Oglethorpe]], a member of the British House of Commons, begins service as the [[United Kingdom insolvency law#History|Chairman of the Gaols Committee]] to investigate the conditions of Britain's jails and prisons after the death in [[Fleet Prison]] of his friend, Robert Castell.  The Oglethorpe Committee's report propels Oglethorpe to fame and leads to the beginning of British penal reforms.<ref>Thomas D. Wilson, ''The Oglethorpe Plan: Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond'' (University of Virginia Press, 2015)</ref> 
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Abdallah of Morocco]] becomes the new [[Sultan of Morocco]] upon the death of his half-brother, [[Abu'l Abbas Ahmad of Morocco|Abu'l Abbas Ahmad]]. Sultan Abdallah reigns for five years before being deposed for the first time, then returns to the throne five more times between 1736 and 1757.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[John of Nepomuk]] (Jan Nepomucký) of [[Bohemia]] is canonized by [[Pope Benedict XIII]] more than 300 years after being tortured and drowned in 1393 by order of King Wenceslaus IV; John becomes patron saint of Roman Catholics in the [[Czech Republic]].
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s ''[[First Köthen Funeral music]]'' premieres at [[St. Jakob, Köthen]], in honor of the funeral of his former employer [[Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]]. The next morning, Bach's funeral cantata [[Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a|''Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt'', BWV 244a]] premieres at St. Jakob, marking the same occasion.