Jan 3 Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, born in Grafenhausen, Baden-Wurttemberg (d. 1797) Jan 11 Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831) Jan 16 Samuel McIntire, American woodcarver and architect (architect of Old Salem), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1811) [1] Jan 19 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) Jan 28 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, Italian composer and conductor, born in Cuneo (d. 1821) 1756 Famous Birthdays by Year 1758