Events in Music
- Feb 7 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
- Jul 13 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 8 Jean Gilles, French composer, born in Tarascon (d. 1705)
- Mar 5 Francesco Gasparini, composer
- Jun 21 Cajetan Kolberer, composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1732)
- Nov 10 Francois Couperin, French composer and organist (Concerts Royaux), born in Paris, France (d. 1733)
- Dec 3 Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer