Birthdays in Music
- Jan 11 Columban Praelisauer, German music director and composer, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria (now Bad Kötzting, Germany) (d. 1753)
- Jan 20 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish composer, born in Brussels (d. 1741)
- Jan 29 Carlmann Kolb, German composer and priest, born in Kösslarn, Lower Bavaria (d. 1765)
- Mar 1 Dieudonne Raick, Flemish composer and organist, born in Liège (d. 1764) baptism date
- May 8 Gottlob Harrer, German composer, born in Görlitz (d. 1755)
- Sep 7 Jean Monnet, French composer, born in Condrieu, Rhône (d. 1785)
- Sep 23 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer