Jan 5 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, dies at 72 Jan 21 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737) Jan 27 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies Jan 27 Philip Astley, English circus owner "Father of the Modern Circus", dies at 72 Jan 29 Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1813 Famous Deaths by Year 1815