- Dec 8 H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
- Dec 9 Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (research work in malacology), dies at 73
Simón Bolívar
Dec 17 Simón Bolívar, South American revolutionary and president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Santa Marta, Colombia
- Dec 28 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, Flemish composer, dies at 83