Editing 1729 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]], aged 23, writes the essay "A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature and Necessity of Paper Currency" and later applies the economic principles to backing of paper money used in the United States.<ref>Lester C. Olson, ''Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community: A Study in Rhetorical Iconology'' (University of South Carolina Press, 2004) p117</ref>
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'', BWV 244b is performed again, at [[St. Thomas Church, Leipzig]].<ref>Mark A. Peters, ''Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach'' (Lexington Books, 2018) p168</ref>
* [[April 26]] &ndash; For the first time in its history, the [[House of Commons of Great Britain|British House of Commons]] is adjourned for lack of a [[quorum]]. On January 5, [[1640]], it had first fixed the number of members necessary — 40 — for parliamentary business to be transacted.<ref>Thomas Francis Moran, ''The Theory and Practice of the English Government'' (Longmans, Green, and Company, 1903) pp 264-265</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; A fire breaks out inside the fully walled town of [[Haiger]] within the [[Holy Roman Empire]] (in the modern-day state of Hesse in Germany) and destroys all the buildings. 
* [[May 12]] &ndash; Six English pirates, including [[Mary Critchett]], seize control of the sloop ''John and Elizabeth'' while being transported to America to complete their criminal sentences. They overpower their captors but are later captured in [[Chesapeake Bay]] by HMS ''Shoreham'' and hanged in August.  
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Caroline of Ansbach|Caroline, Queen Consort]] becomes the first person to rule Great Britain as regent under the [[Regency Acts]], beginning service as the acting monarch when her husband [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]] departs Britain for Germany, where he is the [[Elector of Hanover]]. Caroline rules until George's return in October.<ref>"Regents (England and France)", in ''The Manual of Dates, A Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records'', by George H. Townsend (Frederick Warne & Company, 1877) p805</ref>
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Diederik Durven]] becomes the new [[List of Governors of the Dutch East Indies|Governor-General]] of the [[Dutch East Indies]] (modern-day Indonesia) upon the death of [[Mattheus de Haan]]. 
* [[June 8]] &ndash; The [[Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses]], one of the most popular tourist attractions on the island republic of [[Mauritius]], are started by Pierre Barmond, who sets aside thousands of acres for the purpose of preservation of the islands flora. The gardens come to occupy 97 square miles or 251 square kilometers.