- Feb 18 Gaspard Fritz, Swiss composer and violinist, born in Geneva (d. 1783)
- Mar 21 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
- Apr 4 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
- Apr 9 Johann Georg Zechner, Austrian composer, born in Gleisdorf, Austria (d. 1778)
- Apr 12 Felice Giardini, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1796)
- Sep 2 Johann Trier, German composer, born in Themar, Thuringia
- Oct 25 Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy
- Dec 23 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer