Jan 24King of Prussia (1740-86), born in Berlin, Prussia
Jan 24 Georg Friedrich Schmidt, German engraver and etcher (court artist for King Frederick of Prussia and Empress Elizabeth of Russia), born in Wandlitz (d. 1775)
Jan 28 Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
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