- Jan 6 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, Dutch composer, born in Wergea, Netherlands (d. 1781)
- Apr 8 Giuseppe Tartini, Venetian Baroque composer and violinist (Trillo del Diavolo), born in Piran, Republic of Venice (d. 1770)
- Aug 13 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, German organist and composer, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria (now Bad Kötzting, Germany) (d. 1746)