Birthdays in Music
- Jan 18 William Henry Havergal, composer
- Feb 6 Pietro Rovelli, composer
- Mar 6 Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer
- Mar 12 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer
- Jul 2 Antoine Prumier, composer
- Jul 4 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1840)
- Jul 23 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, Swiss composer, born in Arlesheim, Switzerland (d. 1859)
- Jul 30 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1861)
- Aug 10 Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
- Nov 28 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck)
- Dec 11 Pietro Coppola, composer
- Dec 26 Franz Hunten, composer
Deaths in Music
- Mar 21 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
- Apr 9 Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62
- Apr 30 Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, dies at 88
- May 7 Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, dies at 71
- May 13 Martin Gerbert, German composer, music historian and abbot, dies at 72
- Oct 19 Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
- Oct 21 Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
- Dec 13 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
- Dec 20 Joseph Legros, French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres of his generation, dies at 54
- Dec 23 Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)