Birthdays in Music
- Jan 6 Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer, born in Capua, Italy (d. 1909)
- Jan 9 Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), born in Negotin, Principality of Serbia (d. 1914)
- Jan 11 Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (Rustle of Spring), born in Konsberg, Norway (d. 1941)
- Jan 18 John Hyatt Brewer, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1931)
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