- Jan 13 Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
- Jan 20 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, French cellist and composer, dies at 64
- Jan 23 Arnold A. Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral and colonial director, dies at 67
- Jan 28 Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS 16 Jan]
- Jan 30 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail