Birthdays in Music
- Jan 11 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer
- Jan 13 Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer
- Jan 22 Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer
- Feb 25 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer and organist (Notre Dame)
- Mar 14 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, German composer, born in Danzig (Gdańsk), Royal Prussia (d. 1756)
- Mar 30 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace)
- Apr 7 Henri Hardouin, French composer, born in Grandpré (d. 1808)
- Apr 12 Gaspare Gabellone, Italian composer, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1796)
- Apr 29 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (ballet d'action), born in Paris (d. 1810)
- Aug 15 Johann Georg Holzbogen, German violinist and composer, born in Schwandorf, Bavaria (d. 1775)
- Aug 23 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, German composer, born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 1795)
- Sep 29 Henry Harington, composer
- Oct 9 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer, born in Eisenach, Germany (d. 1789)