- Feb 17 Franz Gotz, Bohemian composer, dies at 59
- Feb 19 Leonhard von Call, Austrian composer, dies at 47
- May 21 Roman Hoffstetter, German classical composer, dies at 73
- Sep 12 Jose Mauricio, composer, dies at 63
- Oct 31 Daniel Belknap, American composer, dies at 44
- Nov 15 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65
- Nov 25 Johann Peter Saloman, German composer and violinist, dies at 70
- Nov 28 Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
- Dec 19 Michel Woldemar, French violinist and composer, dies at 65
- Dec 19 Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83