Famous Birthdays Jan 9 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), born in Wolgast, Pomerania (d. 1652) Jan 31 Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief Famous Deaths Jan 17 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 1619 History by Year 1621