- Jan 14 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, Irish governor and musical composer, born in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland (d. 1897)
- Jan 25 Pablo Hernández Salces, Spanish composer, born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1910)
- Feb 6 Ema Puksec, Croatian singer, born in Ogulin, Croatia (d. 1889)
- Feb 9 Franz Xaver Witt, German church musician, composer, and priest, born in Walderbach, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1888)
- Feb 22 Albert Heinrich Zabel, German-Russian harpist and composer (Russian Imperial Ballet), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1910)
- Feb 26 Aleksander Zarzycki, Polish composer (Warsaw Music Society), born in Lviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) (d. 1895)
- Mar 4 (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm, German-Baltic pianist and composer, born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1911)
- Mar 23 Julius Reubke, German organist, pianist, and composer (Sonata on the 94th Psalm in c), born in Hausneindorf, Germany (d. 1858)
- Apr 1 Isidore Legouix, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1916)
- Apr 26 Horatio Richmond Palmer, American composer and choir director, born in Sherburne, New York (d. 1907)
- Jun 8 George Garrett, English composer, born in Winchester, England (d. 1897)
- Jul 16 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Duchy of Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1901)
- Aug 9 Elias Álvares Lobo, Brazilian composer, born in Itu, Brazil (d. 1901)
- Aug 17 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer (De Leie; Rubens Cantata: Requiem), and conductor, born in Harelbeke, Flanders (d. 1901)
- Aug 31 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (I Lituani; La Giaconda), born in Paderno Ponchielli, Italy (d. 1886)
- Oct 3 Vilém Blodek [Plodek], Czech pianist, flautist, and composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1874)
- Oct 8 Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, born in Merrimack, New Hampshire (d. 1905)
- Nov 20 Franjo Ksaver Kuhač, Croatian composer who collected and published 1,600 folk songs, born in Osijek, Croatia (d. 1911)
- Nov 25 Jean-Baptist Colyns, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1902)
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