- Jan 9 William Jackson of Masham, English composer and organist, born in Masham, Yorkshire (d. 1866)
- Jan 16 Adolph Trube, German organist, teacher and composer, born in Waldenburg, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1857)
- Jan 22 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, Dutch-British pianist, composer, composer, and writer (Wagner As I Knew Him), born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1891)
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