- Apr 25 Luigi Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer (head of Prince Esterházy's court orchestra), dies at 66
- Jun 11 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer, dies at 83
- Jun 16 Georg Wenzel Ritter, German bassoonist, composer and friend of Mozart, dies at 60
- Jul 20 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, dies at 66
- Jul 29 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies
- Aug 13 Henri Hardouin, French composer, dies at 81
- Aug 30 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
- Sep 26 Pavel Vranicky, Moravian-Austrian composer (Oberon – The Fairy King), and conductor, dies at 51
- Sep 27 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 79
- Dec 1 Anton Fischer, German composer, dies at 30