April - George Frideric Handel suffers a probable stroke, resulting in the temporary paralysis of his right arm.
November 4 - Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, inaugurated with a performance of Domenico Sarro's Achille in Sciro.
William Boyce conducts the Three Choirs Festival
Domenico Alberti - Endimione
Giovanni Bononcini - Zenobia
George Frideric Handel - Berenice & Arminio
John Frederick Lampe and Henry Carey - The Dragon of Wantley
Leonardo Leo - Parnace
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Castor et Pollux
January 19 - Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher (died 1802)
March 9 - Josef Mysliveček, composer (died 1781)
September 14 - Michael Haydn, composer (died 1806)
date unknown
William Paxton, cellist and composer (died 1781)
Frederick Charles Reinhold, operatic bass (died 1815)
Marguerite Morel, Ballerina, actress and singer.
February 12 - Benjamin Schmolck, Lutheran hymn-writer (born 1672)
September 22
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, composer (born 1667)
Francesco Mancini, composer and music teacher (born 1672)
December 18 - Antonio Stradivari, violin-maker (born 1644)
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