- Jan 17 Nicolas Roze, French composer, born in Mercurey, France (d. 1819)
- Feb 20 Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, conductor, and musical promoter (Hadyn), baptized in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)
- Feb 22 João de Sousa Carvalho, Portuguese composer and music teacher to the royal family, born in Estremoz, Portugal (d. 1798)
- Feb 27 Silverius Muller, Austrian composer, priest, and educator, born in Oberhöflein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
- Mar 16 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1833)
- Mar 17 Nicolas Séjan, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1819)
- Mar 25 Nicolas Etienne Framery, French composer and lyricist, born in Rouen, France (d. 1810)
- Apr 7 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, born in Jemníky, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (now Czech Republic) (d. 1819)
- May 8 Carl Philipp Stamitz, German composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
- Jun 27 Johann Nepomuk Went, Bohemian composer, born in Vinařice, Czech Republic (d. 1801)
- Aug 18 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, Bohemian composer, born in Litoměřice (d. 1807)
- Aug 26 François Guichard, French guitarist and composer, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1807)
- Nov 27 Boniface Stoeckl, German composer, born in Pilsting, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1784)
- Dec 25 Joseph Bologne, French violinist, conductor, composer, and champion fencer, born in Baillif, Guadeloupe, French West Indies (d. 1799)
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