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/choreographer (ballet d'action)
- Aug 15 Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
- Aug 23 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
- Sep 29 Henry Harington, composer
- Oct 9 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer, born in Eisenach, Germany (d. 1789)
Deaths in Music
- Feb 22 Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58
- Jul 30 Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67
- Aug 9 Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52
- Aug 14 William Croft, English composer and organist, dies at 48
- Oct 10 Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61
- Dec 1 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German composer, dies at 61