- Jan 12 Brizio Petrucci, Italian composer, born in Massalom-barda, Ravenna, Papal States (d. 1838)
- Mar 9 Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1781)
- Mar 28 Francesco Zannetti, Italian composer, born in Volterra, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1788)
- Apr 10 François Giroust, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1799)
- May 3 Friedrich Schwindl, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1786)
- May 23 Louis François Chambray, French composer, born in Château de Chambray, Evreux, France (d. 1807)
- Jul 2 François Léonard Rouwyzer, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht (d. 1827)
- Aug 19 Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, German-Scottish cellist and composer, born in Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1824)
- Sep 5 Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, German composer, born in Celle, Germany (d. 1792)
- Sep 14 Michael Haydn, Austrian composer, born in Rohrau, Austria (d. 1806)
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Sep 21 American judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, author, flag designer (first American flag), and composer (The Battle of the Kegs), born in Philadelphia, British America
- Oct 2 Franz Schneider, Austrian organist and composer, baptized in Pulkau (d. 1812)
- Oct 22 Vincenzo Manfredini, Italian harpsichordist, composer, and music theorist, born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1799)
- Nov 25 Christian Friedrich Penzel, German musician and composer, born in Oelsnitz, Germany (d. 1801)
- Dec 8 Robert Kimmerling, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)
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