- Jan 10 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer and composer, born in Havixbeck, Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1848)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Jan 31 Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria
Jan 31 Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria