- Feb 17 Narciso Casanovas, Spanish keyboard player, composer, and Benedictine monk, born in Sabadell, Spain (d. 1799)
- Feb 28 Justin Morgan, American composer and horse breeder, born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1798)
- Mar 31 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (The Moon Has Risen), born in Lüneburg, Germany (d. 1800)
- Apr 23 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, born in Paris (d. 1828)
- Jun 24 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, born in Röttingen, Württemberg (d. 1824)
- Jun 26 Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer, born in Velvary, Czech Republic (d. 1818)
- Jul 6 Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, born in Grattersdorf, Bavaria (d. 1823)
- Jul 30 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1832)
- Aug 13 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, Flemish composer, born in Brussels (d. 1830)
- Sep 14 José Joaquim dos Santos, Portuguese organist and composer, born in Obidos, Portugal (d. 1801)
- Oct 8 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer (d. 1819)
- Oct 11 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775)
- Nov 24 Felice Alessandri, Italian organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and opera composer (d. 1798)