Jan 20 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)
Jan 22 Francois-Antoine Habeneck, French composer and musician, born in Mézières, France (d. 1849)
Jan 26 Achim von Arnim [Ludwig Joachim von Arnim], German Romantic poet and writer (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), born in Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (d. 1831)
Jan 30 Adelbert von Chamisso, French writer (Peter Schlemihl), born in Champagne (d. 1838)