Jan 3 Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
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 (now Italy) (d. 1736)
Jan 7 Josef Antonin Sehling, Bohemian violinist and composer, born in Toužim, Western Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1756)
Jan 30 Vigilio Blasio Faitello, Italian composer, born in Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire (now Italy) (d. 1768)