- Feb 17 Jan Jachym Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, born in Cítoliby, Czech Republic (d. 1792)
- Mar 4 Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, Flemish composer, baptized in Liège, Belgium (d. 1833)
- Mar 15 Silvestro Palma, Italian composer, born in Barano d'Ischia, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1834)
- Apr 9 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, Czech composer, born in Mlada Boleslav, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1823)
- May 2 Vicente Martín y Soler, Valencian composer, born in Valencia, Spain (d. 1806)
- May 12 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer, born in Rottenburg am Neckar, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
- May 15 Pierre Dutillieu, French-Italian opera composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1798)
- May 20 Hans Gram, Danish-American organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1804)
- May 24 Giacomo Conti, Italian composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1805)
- Aug 28 Peter Winter, German composer, born in Mannhein, Germany (d. 1825)
- Dec 9 Etienne Ozi, French composer and bassoonist, born in Nimes (d. 1813)
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