Jan 11 Frantisek Adam Mica, Bohemian composer, born in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Bohemia (d. 1811)
Feb 27 Gian Francesco Fortunati, Italian opera composer and maestro di cappella of Parma, born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (d. 1821)
Mar 13 Maurus Haberhauer, Czech organist and composer, born in Svitavy, Margraviate of Moravia, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
Mar 17 Jan Dawid Holland, Polish composer, born in Sankt Andreasberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1827)
Mar 27 Augustin Ullinger, German composer, born in Ranoldsberg, Upper Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1781)
May 13 Oliver Brownson, American composer, and music publisher, mostly of hymns, born in Bolton, Connecticut (d. 1815)
May 19 Johann Friedrich Peter, Dutch-born American composer, born in Heerendijk, Holland (d. 1813)
Jun 3 James Hook, English composer, born in Norwich (d. 1827)
Jun 24 Jean-Baptiste Rochefort, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1819)
Jul 2 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Danish flautist, composer, choral director, and music educator (Blaagaard Seminarium, 1791-1811), born in Husum, Duchy of Schleswig (now Germany) (d. 1832)
Jul 7 Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Bohemian horn player and composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Habsburg Empire (d. 1820)
Sep 28 Giovanni Punto [Jan Václav Stich], Bohemian horn player and composer, born in Žehušice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1803)
Sep 29 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, born in Sondershausen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1819)
Oct 7 William Billings, American hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1800)
Oct 27 Georg Anton Kreusser, German composer, born in Triefenstein, Germany (d. 1810)
Nov 15 Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (Colas et Colinette), born in Saint-Malo, France (d. 1809)