Musicians Born in 1785

  • Mar 6 Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (Pygmalion; Kalmora, or The Paternal Right of the Americans), conductor (Warsaw Opera, 1810-40), and pedagogue, born in Włoszakowice, Poland (d. 1857)
  • Mar 19 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, French pianist, music teacher, and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1853)
  • Apr 4 Bettina von Arnim, German writer and composer of the Romantic era (This Book Belongs to the King), born in Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (now in Germany) (d. 1859)
  • Apr 19 Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1858)
  • Sep 25 George Pinto [Sanders], British violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer, born in Lambeth, South London (d. 1806)
  • Nov 2 Frederich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1849)
  • Nov 2 Johann Leopold Fuchs, German pianist and composer, born in Dessau (d. 1853)