- Jan 1 Johann Pfeiffer, German violinist, composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth), born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1761)
- Jan 30 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist and composer, born in Oberscheden, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1773)
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