Feb 3 Guillaume Lasceux, French organist and composer, born in Poissy, France (d. 1831)
Feb 12 Matej Sojka, Bohemian composer, born in Vilémov (d. 1817)
Feb 15 Ernst Eichner, German composer and bassoonist, born in Arolsen, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1777)
Mar 19 Johann Georg Roser, Austrian composer and kapellmeister, born in Naarn im Machland, Upper Austria (d. 1797)
Mar 24 John Antes, American composer and missionary, born in Frederick, Pennsylvania (d. 1811)
Apr 4 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Oehrenstock, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1804)
May 9 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville), born in Roccaforzata, Taranto, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1816)
May 19 Joseph Franz Weigl, Bavarian-Austrian cellist and early proponent of the 'thumb technique', born in Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1820)
Jun 8 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, born in Quinzano d'Oglio, Lombardy, Republic of Venice (d. 1809)
Jun 11 Luigi Gatti, Italian tenor, kapellmeister, priest, and composer, born in Lazise, Verona, Republic of Venice (d. 1817)
Aug 10 Samuel Arnold, English organist, theater composer (The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern), and music director (Marylebone Gardens), born in London, England (d. 1802)
Oct 8 Michel-Julien Mathieu, French composer, born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1777)
Oct 26 Ernest Louis Muller, Polish composer and flautist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1811)
Nov 4 Augustus Montague Toplady, English hymn writer (Rock of Ages), born in Farnham, Surrey, England (d. 1778)
Dec 13 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, German composer, born in Bad Wurzach, County of Waldburg-Zeil, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1785)