- Jan 9 Reinhard Keiser, German opera conductor and composer, chiefly of operas and oratorios (Almira; Lukas-Passion), born in Teuchern, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1739)
- Feb 21 Johann Augustin Kobelius, German Baroque composer, and kapellmeister, born in Wählitz, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1731)
- May 31 Friedrich Erhard Niedt, German composer, born in Jena, Duchy of Saxe-Jena (now in Thuringia, Germany) (d. 1708)
- Jul 17 Isaac Watts, English writer, preacher and hymnist (Horae Lyrican), born in Southampton, England (d. 1748)
- Sep 29 Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, born in Paris, France (d. 1762)
- Nov 4 Anton Englert, German composer and organist, born in the Free Imperial City of Schweinfurt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1751)
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