Jan 2 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, German composer, dies at 69 Jan 18 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743) Jan 23 Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery, dies at 77 Jan 26 Georg von Pasterwiz, Austrian composer, dies at 72 1802 Famous Deaths by Year 1804