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Birthdays
- Pedro Albéniz (14 April)
- Heinrich Marschner (16 August)
- Saverio Rafaele Mercadante (17 September)
Dying days
- Sayat Nova ()
- Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (19 January)
- Michel Corrette (22 January)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (26 January)
- François-André Philidor (31 August)
- Franz Christoph Neubauer (11 October)
- Jiři Antonin Benda (6 November)
- Thomas Linley (the elder) (19 November)
Music events
- Premiere of Symphony in B flat major Hob. I:102, in London, with Haydn conducting. (2 February) → Franz Joseph Haydn
- Premiere of Symphony in E flat major, Hob I:103 “Drum roll”, in London, England. (2 March) → Franz Joseph Haydn
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 2 in B flat major op. 19, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven at the piano. (29 March) → Ludwig van Beethoven
- Premiere of symphony in D major Hob. I:104, in London, England. (4 May) → Franz Joseph Haydn
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