- Aug 1 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, dies at 83
- Aug 7 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76
- Aug 25 Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller and naturalist, dies at 73
- Aug 27 Franciszek Ĺcigalski, Polish composer, dies at 64
- Aug 27 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German composer, dies at 63