Birthdays in Music
- Jan 17 Nicolas Roze, composer
- Feb 20 Johann Peter Salomon, composer
- Feb 22 Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer
- Feb 27 Silverius Muller, composer
- Mar 16 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
- Mar 19 Nicolas Sejan, composer
- Mar 25 Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer
- Apr 7 Georg Druschetzky, composer
- May 8 Carl Philipp Stamitz, German composer, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1801)
- Jun 27 Johann Nepomuk Went, Bohemian composer, born in Vinařice, Czech Republic (d. 1801)
- Aug 18 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, Bohemian composer, born in Litoměřice (d. 1807)
- Aug 26 Francois Guichard, composer
- Nov 27 Boniface Stoecki, composer
Deaths in Music
- Feb 5 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49
- Feb 18 Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, dies at 67
- May 9 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 82
- Jun 22 Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 41
- Aug 30 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
- Oct 10 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 52
- Dec 5 Christoph Förster, German composer, dies at 52
- Dec 22 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66