- Mar 25 Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, German Baroque composer and organist, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1747)
- Apr 15 Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer, born in Buttelstedt, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1758)
- May 25 Christian August Jacobi, German composer, born in Grimma, Leipzig (d. 1725)
- Jul 1 Johann Ludwig Steiner, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1761)
- Sep 13 Luca Antonio Predieri, Italian composer and violinist, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1767)
- Oct 17 Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer, born in Prato, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1726)
- Nov 11 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, born in Turin (d. 1775)