Feb 12 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, born in Brussels (d. 1819)
May 12 Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violonist and composer, born in Fontanetto Po, Savoia, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1824)
Jun 8 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, born in Muret, Haute-Garonne, France (d. 1809)
Aug 22 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, German-Dutch composer, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe, born in Salzungen, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826)
Sep 11 Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, born in Gotha, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1813)
Sep 29 Johann Gottfried Schicht, German composer, born in Reichenau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1823)
Oct 14 Franz Anton Dimmler, German composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1827)
Nov 3 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, German composer, born in Prieschka, Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1805)
Nov 6 Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Paris, France (d. 1823)
Nov 19 Stanislas Champein, French composer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1830)
Nov 25 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, Prussian composer, born in Mühltroff (d. 1817)
Nov 30 Johann Baptist Schenk, Austrian composer, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1836)
Dec 28 Johan Wikmanson, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Swedish (d. 1800)