Birthdays in Music
- May 31 Friedrich Erhard Niedt, German composer, born in Jena, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1708)
- Jul 17 Isaac Watts, English writer, preacher and hymnist (Horae Lyrican), born in Southampton, England (d. 1748)
- Sep 29 Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, born in Paris (d. 1762)
- Nov 4 Anton Englert, German composer and organist, born in Schweinfurt (d. 1751)