- Feb 22 Joseph Lipavsky, Bohemian composer and pianist, born in Hohenmauth, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1810)
- Feb 22 Karl Jacob Wagner, German composer, born in Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1822)
- Feb 26 Caspar Fürstenau, German flautist and composer, born in Münster, Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1819)
- Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1846)
- Mar 30 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, German-Dutch organist and composer (Wien Neêrlands Bloed - Dutch national anthem, 1815-1932), baptized in Witzhelden, Duchy of Berg (d. 1847)
- Apr 1 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
- May 11 Henri-Jean Rigel, French composer, music director, and "pianiste de la musique particulière de l’Empereur et Roi" to Napoleon, born in Paris, France (d. 1852)
- Jul 25 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1840)
- Sep 18 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, French musician and composer, born in Dreux, France (d. 1839)
- Oct 4 François-Louis Perne, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1832)
- Oct 25 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Bruxelles, Belgium (d. 1849)
- Nov 10 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, born in Prague Old Town, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1863)
- Dec 7 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, Bohemian aristocrat and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1816)