Jan 4 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) Jan 14 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1736) Jan 20 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) Jan 24 John Vanbrugh, dramatist/architect (baptized), born in London, England 1663 Famous Birthdays by Year 1665