- Feb 3 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian organist and composer (trained Beethoven), born in Klosterneuburg Austria-Hungary (d. 1809)
- May 24 Juan de Sesé y Balaguer, Aragonese composer, born in Calanda, Aragon, Spain (d. 1801)
- Jun 7 Karl Frieberth, Austrian composer, born in Wullersdorf, Austria (d. 1816)
- Aug 15 Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer, born in Gräfenroda, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1803)
- Sep 8 Bernardo Ottani, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1827)
- Nov 18 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German composer, born in Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (d. 1800)
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