- Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, German composer, dies at 61
- May 5 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, dies at 67
- May 5 Matthäus Fischer, German organist and composer, dies at 76
- May 27 Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), dies at 57
- Jul 22 Józef Javurek, Polish-Russian composer, dies at 83
- Jul 23 František Max Kníže, Czech composer, dies at 55
- Aug 24 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
- Sep 15 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, dies at 47