Jan 17 Nicolas Roze, French composer, born in Mercurey, France (d. 1819)
Feb 20 Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, conductor, and musical promoter (Hadyn), baptized in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)
Feb 22 João de Sousa Carvalho, Portuguese composer and music teacher to the royal family, born in Estremoz, Portugal (d. 1798)
Feb 27 Silverius Muller, Austrian composer, priest, and educator, born in Oberhöflein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
Mar 16 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1833)
Mar 17 Nicolas Séjan, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1819)
Mar 25 Nicolas Etienne Framery, French composer and lyricist, born in Rouen, France (d. 1810)
Apr 7 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, born in Jemníky, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (now Czech Republic) (d. 1819)
May 8 Carl Philipp Stamitz, German composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
Jun 27 Johann Nepomuk Went, Bohemian composer, born in Vinařice, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1801)
Aug 18 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, Bohemian composer, born in Litoměřice (d. 1807)
Aug 26 François Guichard, French guitarist and composer, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1807)
Nov 27 Boniface Stoeckl, German composer, born in Pilsting, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1784)
Dec 25 Joseph Bologne, French violinist, conductor, composer, and champion fencer, born in Baillif, Guadeloupe, French West Indies (d. 1799)