* January 10 – Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist ( b. 1479 )

** Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist ( d. 1552 )

Many Christian theologians ( Martin Luther and Jean Bodin among others ) believed that demons could impregnate women but their children would have a short life and be good for nothing ; other theologians ( Francisco Valesio, aka Valesius, Tomaso Malvenda and Johann Cochlaeus among others ) thought that these children could be important characters, like Attila, Martin Luther, Melusine or the Antichrist.

A reply to this by Johann Cochlaeus, also addressed to the Scottish king, occasioned a second letter from Alesius, in which he amplified his argument with great force and entered into more general questions.

Johann Cochlaeus.

Originally Johann Dobneck, he was born of poor parents at Wendelstein ( near Nuremberg ), from which he obtained the punning surname Cochlaeus ( spiral ), for which he occasionally substituted Wendelstinus.

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* 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist ( d. 1722 )

* 1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Ros &# 233 ; e, Bavarian general ( d. 1795 )

* 1730 – Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher ( d. 1788 )

* 1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer ( d. 1694 )

* 1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar ( d. 1733 )

* 1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.

* 1761 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar ( b. 1691 )

In the Battle of Abensberg on 19 – 20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Louis of Austria and General Johann von Hiller.

* 1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner, German composer and organist ( d. 1778 )

* 1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer ( d. 1803 )

* 1647 – Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer ( d. 1719 )

* 1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer ( d. 1803 )

* 1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet ( d. 1803 )

* 1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist ( d. 1832 )

* 1683 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist ( d. 1729 )

* 1667 – Anna Maria Luisa de ' Medici, Italian wife of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ( d. 1743 )

* 1613 – Christoph Bach, court musician, grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach ( d. 1661 )

* 1658 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ( d. 1716 )

* 1637 – Johann Gerhard, German church leader and theologian ( b. 1582 )

* 1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

* 1719 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist ( d. 1767 )

** 1802 – 1803 Johann Heinrich Rothpletz ( b. 1766 – d. 1833 )

** 10 March 1803 – 26 April 1803 Johann Rudolf Dolder ( b. 1753 – d. 1807 )

* Johann Wilhelm Ritter, chemist and physicist, born December 16, 1776 in nearby Samitz, died January 23, 1810 in Munich

# Johann, Viceroy of Valencia ( 9 January 1493, Plassenburg – 5 July 1525, Valencia ).

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (; May 19, 1762 – January 27, 1814 ) was a German philosopher.

# Johann ( b. Dresden, 24 August 1498 – d. Dresden, 11 January 1537 ), Hereditary Duke of Saxony ; married on 20 May 1516 to Elizabeth of Hesse.

Johann Friedrich Agricola ( 4 January 1720 – 2 December 1774 ) was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music.

Johann Elert Bode ( 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826 ) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularization of the Titius-Bode law.

The passenger manifest of the S. S. Rotterdam, which arrived in New York on 26 January 1905, lists Peter Weissmüller, a 29-year-old laborer, his 24-year-old wife Elisabeth, and seven-month-old Johann.

They left Rotterdam on January 14, 1905, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York harbor twelve days later as Peter, Elisabeth and Johann Weissmüller.

* January 24 – Johann Urb, American Actor

* January 11 – Johann David Wyss, Swiss author ( b. 1743 )

* January 2 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer ( b. 1735 )

* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper Postimees is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.

* January 19, 1829 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres in Braunschweig.

January 19: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

* January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres in Braunschweig.

* January 25 – Johann Gottfried Piefke, German conductor and composer ( b. 1815 )

* January 27 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect ( d. 1753 )

* January 11 – Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic ( b. 1632 )

* January 12 – Johann Arfvedson, Swedish chemist ( d. 1841 )

* January 15 – Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot, Baltic German naturalist and traveller ( b. 1792 )

* January 4 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer ( d. 1774 )

* January 23 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist ( b. 1776 )

* January 29 – Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic ( d. 1703 )

* January 22 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist ( b. 1719 )

* January 7 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor ( d. 1874 )