Jan 1 Christian Friedrich Gregor, Moravian composer and bishop, born in Dirsdorf, Silesia (d. 1801)
Apr 14 John Wainwright, English composer ("Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn"), and organist, baptized in Stockport, Cheshire, England (d. 1768)
Apr 25 Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1797)
Jun 18 Giuseppe Scarlatti, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (d. 1777)
Jun 30 Christian Ernst Graf, Dutch composer, born in Rudolstadt, County of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1804)
Jul 29 Christleib Siegmund Binder, German organist and composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1789)
Oct 15 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, German composer (Canticum Zacharia), and priest, baptized in Augsburg, Bavaria (d. 1772)
Dec 22 Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer, born in Köthen, Anhalt-Köthen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)