- Mar 4 Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, baptized in Hampshire, England (d. 1814)
- May 28 Jean Baptiste Cartier, French musician and composer, born in Avignon, France (d. 1841)
- Jun 1 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen (d. 1831)
- Jun 13 Anton Eberl, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1807)
- Sep 18 Oliver Holden, American composer, born in Shirley, Massachusetts (d. 1844)
- Sep 25 Michał Ogiński, Polish diplomat, violinist, balalaika player, and composer (Farewell to My Homeland), born in Guzów, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1833)
- Oct 16 Fédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, born in Montbéliard, County of Montbéliard (d. 1838)
- Oct 22 Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1823)
- Nov 20 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1814)
- Nov 23 Thomas Attwood, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1838)
- Dec 15 Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1821)
- Dec 25 Joseph Mazzinghi, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1844)
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