- Feb 15 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, dies at 80
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Mar 5 British composer (Rule Britannia, A-Hunting We Will Go), dies at 67
- Apr 7 Johann Balthasar Kehl, German composer and organist, dies at 52
- Jun 7 Johann Georg Zechner, Austrian composer, dies at 62
- Jun 26 Angelo Antonio Caroli, Italian composer, dies at 77
- Jul 28 Arvid Niclas von Höpken, Swedish nobleman, soldier, and composer (Il Re Pastore), dies at 68
- Aug 5 Thomas Linley the younger, English composer and musician "English Mozart", drowns in a boating accident at 22
- Aug 11 Augustus Montague Toplady, British hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies at 37
- Nov 26 Jean-Noël Hamal, Walloon composer, and music director (Saint-Lambert Cathedral), dies at 68
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