Birthdays in Music
- Jan 8 Per August Olander, Swedish composer, born in Linköping, Sweden (d. 1886)
- Jan 13 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, Polish composer, born in Warsaw (d. 1857)
- Jan 14 Vladimir Stasov, Russian art & music critic, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1906)
- Jan 22 Josef Leopold Zvonař, Czech organist and composer, born in Kublov, Bohemia (d. 1865)
- Jan 29 Karl von Perfall, composer