- 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
- Dec 29 Johann Baptist Schenk, Austrian composer, dies at 83