- Jan 13 Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
- Jan 20 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, French cellist and composer, dies at 64
- Feb 5 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
- Feb 22 Friedrich Johann Eck, German violinist and composer (Concertos pour violon), dies at 70
- Mar 24 Thomas Attwood, English organist and composer, dies at 72
- May 28 Thomas Busby, English composer, dies at 82
- Jul 19 Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, dies at 72
- Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, dies at 62
- Jul 29 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66
- Aug 17 Lorenzo Da Ponte [Emanuele Conegliano], Italian-American librettist (Don Giovanni; Cosi Fan Tutti), poet, and libertine priest, dies at 89
- Sep 7 Joseph Panny, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 43