- Feb 26 Caspar Fürstenau, German flautist and composer, born in Münster (d. 1819)
- Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1846)
- Mar 30 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer
- Apr 1 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1844)
- May 11 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer
- Jul 25 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1840)
- Sep 18 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, French musician and composer, born in Dreux, France (d. 1839)
- Oct 4 François-Louis Perne, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1832)
- Oct 25 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1849)
- Nov 10 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, born in Prague Old Town (d. 1863)
- Nov 18 Louis Ferdinand, Prussian prince and a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, born in Friedrichsfelde Palace, Berlin (d. 1806)
- Dec 7 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, Bohemian aristocrat and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1816)