1729 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Louis XV

Events

• 9 November - France signed The Treaty of Seville with Britain and Spain bringing an end to the Anglo-Spanish War started in 1727.

Births

• 18 April - Gaétan Vestris, dancer
• 12 November - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, admiral and explorer
• 4 September - Dauphin Louis, Son of Louis XV

Full date unknown

• Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquess of Méjanes, aristocrat and book collector

Deaths

• 26 March – Simon de la Loubère, diplomat, mathematician and poet
• 27 June – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist and composer
• 18 October – Nicolas Ravot d'Ombreval, magistrate
• 1 December – Giacomo F. Maraldi, astronomer and mathematician
• 26 December – Honoré Tournély, Catholic theologian