Mar 25 Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (Antonio e Cleopatra), baptized in Bergedorf, GermanyHamberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1873)
Apr 7 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, German choirmaster and composer, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1743)
Aug 10 Christoph Gottlieb Schröter, German organist (St Nikola Church, Nordhausen, 1732-82), composer, and inventor of the tangent piano, born in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1782)
Nov 13 Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer, baptized in Čelákovice, Bohemia (d. 1773)
Dec 23 Joseph Gibbs, English composer and organist, born in Colchester, England (d. 1788)