- Dec 4 Daniel Read, American composer, dies at 79
- Dec 12 Giuseppe Farinelli, Italian composer, dies at 67
- Dec 26 Hans Georg Nägeli, Swiss composer, dies at 63
Stephen F. Austin
Dec 27 Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of the US State of Texas, dies at 43

Stephen F. Austin
- Dec 29 Johann Baptist Schenk, Austrian composer, dies at 83