- Jan 4 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi [Draghi], Italian Baroque organist, composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo; La serva padrona (The Maid Turned Mistress); Stabat Mater), born in Jesi, The Papal States (d. 1736)
- Jan 7 Josef Antonin Sehling, Bohemian violinist and composer, born in Toužim, Western Bohemia (d. 1756)
- Jan 30 Vigilio Blasio Faitello, Italian composer, born in Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1768)
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