- Jan 11 Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
- Jan 11 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
- Jan 12 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator (Leonard & Gertrude), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1827)
Gustav III
Jan 24 Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), born in Stockholm (d. 1792)
