Jan 13 Luca Sorkočević, Croatian nobleman and composer (composed 1st Croatian symphony), born in Dubrovnik, Republic of Rugosa (now Croatia) (d. 1789)
Jan 17 François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs; Mirza), born in Vergnies, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1829)
Jan 31 Julien-Amable Mathieu, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1811)
Feb 20 Franz Ignaz Beck, German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1809)
Mar 18 Joseph Schmitt, German-Dutch composer, born in Gernsheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1791)
Jun 15 Johann Ernst Altenburg, German composer, organist and trumpeter, born in Weißenfels, Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
Jun 28 Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French composer and organist (Notre Dame, 1783-93), born in Abbeville, Hauts-de-France, France (d. 1794)
Jul 27 Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, born in Prevoje pri Šentvidu, Venetian Slovenia (d. 1810)
Sep 5 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1794)
Nov 25 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, German composer, born in Niedergebra, Nordhausen, Germany (d. 1792)
Dec 17 Georg Peter Weimar, German cantor and composer, born in Stotternheim (d. 1800)
Dec 18 Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor (Paris Opera) and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1810)