- Mar 18 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian Baroque composer, organist, and maestro di cappella (Basilica of San Marco. 1677-1743), born in Rieti, Papal States (d. 1743)
- May 5 Jacques Danican Philidor, French oboist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1708)
- Jun 3 Manuel de Egues, Spanish composer, born in San Martin del Rio, Spain (d. 1729)