Jan 4 Mozes Mendelssohn, German Jewish enlightenment philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 Jan 7 Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. 1715) Jan 14 Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713) Jan 14 Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741) 1785 Famous Deaths by Year 1787