Birthdays in Music
- Feb 17 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist/composer (Concerto Grossi), born in Fusignano, Italy (d. 1713)
- Mar 25 Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician, physicist and sound engineer who coined the name acoustics for the study of sound from the ancient Greek word ακουστός, meaning "able to be heard", born in La Flèche, France (d. 1716)
- Jun 1 Georg Muffat, baroque composer, born in Megève, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1704)
Johann Pachelbel
Sep 1 Johann Pachelbel, German composer (Canon in D), born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1706)
Johann Pachelbel