December 1729 diary deaths and marriages at Vienna and beyond
December 1729 entries record the smallpox death of Prince Thomas Emanuel of Savoy at Vienna, aged 43, his marriage to Princess Therea Anna Felicita and their son Prince Eugene John of Soissons. Other notices include the death of Prince John-Ernes Duke of Saxony Hilburghausen at Leipzig, Alexander Montgomery of Calliecones in Ireland, Francis Wyvill Sea-Captain, Capt. Drake of Plymouth, Mrs Rod widow, and Lady Ashburnham of Guirilin. John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair, becomes Lord Admiral of Scotland.