Feb 13 John Reid [Robertson], British Army General, composer, and founder of the chair of music at the University of Edinburgh, born in Inverchroskie, Scotland (d. 1807)
Apr 1 Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist, organist (Pembroke College & Chapel of Peterhouse, both in Cambridge, England), teacher, and composer (Glees), born in Rotterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1799)
Apr 24 Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theorist and violist, baptized in Saalfeld, Duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1783)
Aug 13 Francis Hutcheson, Irish composer, born in Dublin (d. 1784)
Oct 25 Pierre Talon, French composer and cellist, born in Reims (d. 1785)