Jan 30 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kürzinger, German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister, born in Rosenheim, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1797)
Feb 29 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1822)
Apr 27 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1784)
Sep 14 Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, born in Baden bei Wien, Austria (d. 1816)
Oct 1 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer, born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy (d. 1808)
Dec 1 Dismas Hatas, Czech composer, born in Vysoké Mýto (d. 1777)
Dec 5 Joseph Friebert, Austrian composer, born in Gnadendorf, Lower Austria (d. 1799)
Dec 8 Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, French organist, harpsichordist, and composer, born in Dijon, France (d. 1799)
Dec 31 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, Czech organist and composer, born in Lahošť, Czech Republic (d. 1788)