- Jan 19 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish romantic poet (Blommorna (The Flowers), Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss)) and historian (Svenska Siare och Skalder), born in Åsbo, Sweden (d. 1855)
- Jan 27 Juan Álvarez, Mexican revolutionary leader (President of Mexico 1855), born in Concepción de Atoyac, Mexico (d. 1867)