Historical Events
- Jan 16 Britain & Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster to respect each other's European territories
Famous Birthdays
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Jan 27 Austrian musical prodigy and composer (The Marriage of Figaro; Jupiter Symphony), born in Salzburg, Austria
- Jan 28 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, German composer and lawyer, born in Homberg, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
- Jan 29 Henry Lee III "Light Horse Harry", American Congressman, Governor of Virginia and American General, born on Leesylvania Plantation, Colony of Virginia (d. 1818)
- Jan 30 Josef Preindl, Austrian organist and composer, born in Marbach on the Danube, Lower Austria (d. 1823)