- Feb 17 Johann Melchior Conradi, German composer, born in Oettingen (d. 1756)
- Feb 26 Johann Philipp Treiber, German composer, born in Arnstadt (d. 1727)
- Mar 17 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
- Jul 12 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1742)
- Aug 14 Johann Georg Christian Störl, composer, born in Kirchberg an der Jagst, Germany (d. 1719)