- Dec 8 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
- Dec 10 Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (Seebeck effect), dies at 61
- Dec 10 Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)
- Dec 15 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
- Dec 18 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet and literature (My Relief), dies at 75