- Jan 10 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor, born in Lauda-Königshofen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1802)
- Jan 19 Melchor López, Spanish sacred music composer, born in Hueva, Guadalajara, Spain (d. 1822)
- Jan 30 František Xaver Partsch, Czech composer, born in Duchcov (d. 1822)
- Feb 12 Jan Ladislav Dussek [Jan Václav Dusík], Czech piano virtuoso, glass harmonic player, and composer, born in Čáslav, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1840)
- Feb 15 Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer, noted for his operas and oratorios, born in Drucat-Plessiel, France (d. 1837)
- Mar 27 Ishmail Spicer, American publisher, music teacher, and composer, born in Bozrah, Connecticut (d. 1832)
- Mar 27 Marie-Jean Auguste Vestris, French ballet dancer, born in Paris (d. 1842)
- Apr 12 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1797)
- May 10 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier, author and composer (La Marseillaise), born in Lons-le-Saunier, France (d. 1836)
- Jun 14 Candido Jose Ruano, Spanish composer, born in El Viso, Spain (d. 1803)
- Sep 14 Luigi Cherubini, Italian musical prodigy, composer (Médée; Requiem in D minor), and educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1822-42), baptized in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1842) [birth was likely on the 8th]
- Sep 21 Gaetano Valeri, Italian composer, born in Padua, Italy (d. 1822)
- Oct 9 Pierre Gaveaux, French composer, born in Béziers, France (d. 1825)
- Nov 9 Henri-Philippe Gerard, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1848)
- Dec 2 Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and music educator, born in Vohburg on the Danube, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826)
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