Editing 1829 (section)

=== January–March ===
[[File:Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Goethe in the Roman Campagna - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|January 19: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
* [[January 19]] – [[Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann|August Klingemann]]'s adaptation of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'' premieres in [[Braunschweig]].<ref name="Armstrong1881">{{cite book|author=Richard Acland Armstrong |author-link=Richard Acland Armstrong |title=The Modern review|url=https://archive.org/details/modernreview01armsgoog|access-date=November 27, 2011|year=1881|publisher=J. Clarke & Co.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/modernreview01armsgoog/page/n163 152]–}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] – [[Battle of Tarqui]]: Troops of [[Gran Colombia]] and [[Peru]] battle to a draw.
* [[March 11]] – German composer [[Felix Mendelssohn]] conducts the first performance of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' since the latter's death in 1750, in Berlin; the success of this performance sparks a revival of interest in Bach.
* [[March 21]] – The bloodless [[Wellington–Winchilsea duel]] takes place at [[Battersea]] near [[London]]
* [[March 22]] – Greece receives autonomy from the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the [[London Protocol (1829)|London Protocol]], signed by [[Russian Empire|Russia]], France and Britain, effectively ending the [[Greek War of Independence]]. Greece continues to seek full independence through diplomatic negotiations with the three Great Powers.
* [[March 31]] – [[Pope Pius VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Leo XII]] as the 253rd pope.