Apr 1 Louis François Chambray, French composer, dies at 69
Apr 1 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61
Apr 10 Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67
Sep 12 Edward Miller, English organist, flautist, composer (Rockingham; Galway), and musical theorist (Treatise of Thorough Bass and Composition), dies at 71
Dec 21 John Newton, English cleric and hymnist, died at 82