Birthdays in Music
- Jan 14 Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist, born in Krems an der Donau, Austria (d. 1877)
- Apr 16 Jozef Stefani, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1876)
- May 6 Ferdinand Marcucci, Italian harpist and composer, born in Florence (d. 1871)
- May 10 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
- May 17 Carl Friedrich Zöllner, German composer, born in Mittelhausen, Germany (d. 1860)
- Sep 16 Józef Nowakowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Koryciska, Przysucha County, Poland (d. 1865)
- Nov 4 Eduard Brendler, composer
- Nov 6 Eduard Grell, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1886)
- Nov 14 Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
- Nov 15 George Rodwell, composer
- Dec 23 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, Italian classical guitarist and composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1878)
- Dec 27 John Goss, English organist and composer (Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven), (d. 1880)