- Jan 20 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian French composer, born in Philippeville, Belgium (d. 1842)
- Jan 21 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, Italian music publisher and composer, born in Bologna (d. 1827/8)
- Feb 19 Friedrich Franz Hurka, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1805)
- Mar 24 Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portuguese opera composer (Portogallo)
- Mar 25 Francesco Giuseppe Pollini, Italian composer and pupil of Mozart, born in Ljubljana (d. 1846)
- Apr 4 Stephen Storace, English composer, born in London (d. 1796)
- Apr 13 Charles Frederick Horn, English musician and composer, born in Nordhausen, Germany (d. 1830)
- Jun 24 Johann Paul Wessely, Czech composer, born in Frauenberg, Germany (d. 1810)
- Jul 4 Marco Santucci, Italian composer, born in Camaiore, Tuscany, Italy (d. 1843)
- Jul 20 Jakob Haibel, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1826)
- Aug 10 Santiago Ferrer, composer
- Oct 4 Tommaso Sogner, Italian composer, born in Villa S Pedro Pescador, Gerona (d. 1821)
- Oct 15 Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer, born in Boxford, Massachusetts (d. 1820)
- Dec 26 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, German clarinetist, composer, and teacher, born in Hiedelberg, Germany (d. 1817)