Ludwig van Beethoven
Mar 26 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), dies of liver disease at 56
- Apr 3 Ernst Chladni, German physicist and musician (Estimating the speed of sound Chladni's law), dies at 70
- Apr 24 Pierre-Joseph Candeille, French composer, dies at 82
- Apr 26 Bernardo Ottani, Italian composer, dies at 90
- Aug 2 James Hewitt, American composer and conductor, dies at 57
- Nov 7 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 76
- Nov 20 Alexey Titov, Russian composer, dies at 58
- Dec 9 François Léonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90
- Dec 26 Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81