Jan 3 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer Jan 11 Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831) Jan 16 Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem) Jan 19 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) Jan 28 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer 1756 Famous Birthdays by Year 1758