Historical Events
- Jan 26 Britain, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Giovanni Furno, Italian composer and music teacher in Naples, born in Capua, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1837)
- Jan 9 Stefan Paluselli, Austrian choirmaster, composer, and monk, born in Kurtatsch, South Tyrol (d. 1805)
- Jan 22 Lewis Edson, early American composer, born in Bridgewater, Colony of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
- Jan 26 Emanuel Aloys Förster, Bohemian composer and music teacher, born in Niederstaina, Kingdom of Prussia (now Ścinawka Dolna, Poland) (d. 1823)
