Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Archibald Bulloch, American lawyer, Revolutionary War military officer, and politician (Governor of Georgia, 1776-77), born in Charlestown, Province of South Carolina (d. 1777)
- Jan 3 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French playwright (Les Tuteurs) satirist and politician, born in Nancy, France (d. 1814)
- Jan 12 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, German bassoonist and composer, born in Barum, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1793)
- Jan 14 William Whipple, American merchant & judge (signatory of the Declaration of Independence), born in Kittery, Maine (d. 1785)
- Jan 15 John Malchair, German-English artist, violinist and composer, baptized in the Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
- Jan 23 Joseph Hewes, American merchant (Declaration of Independence signatory), born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1779)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English Tory statesman, dies at 82
- Jan 1 Samuel Sewall, English-American judge and businessman, dies at 77
- Jan 7 Árni Magnússon, Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts (Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection), dies at 66
- Jan 30 Peter II Alexeyevich, Tsar of Russia (1727-30), dies of smallpox at 14
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