Events in Music
Music Premiere
Jan 12 George Frideric Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres at the King's Theatre London

George Frideric Handel
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 1 Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer
- Apr 14 John Wainwright, English composer and organist (d. 1768)
- Apr 25 Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1797)
- Jun 18 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
- Jun 30 Christian Ernst Graf, composer
- Jul 29 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer
- Oct 16 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer
- Dec 22 Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer, born in Köthen, Germany (d. 1787)