Famous Birthdays Jan 6 Francois de La Croix, composer Jan 10 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer & violinist, born in Cremona, Italy (d. ~1713) Jan 13 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Saxony (d. 1760) Jan 17 Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian Famous Deaths Jan 15 Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609) Jan 21 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 1682 History by Year 1684