- Feb 17 Louis Marchand, French Baroque organist and composer, dies at 63
- Mar 5 Joseph François Salomon, French composer, dies at 82
- Apr 5 Johann Christian Schieferdecker, German composer, dies at 52
- Apr 23 Cajetan Kolberer, German composer, dies at 63
- May 13 Theodor Schwartzkopff, German composer, dies at 72
- Jul 20 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Italian mandolin and theorbo player, and composer, dies at 50 or 51 [birth year disputed]
- Sep 17 Josef Antonín Plánický, Czech composer, dies at 40
- Dec 4 John Gay, English poet and dramatist (The Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
- Dec 14 Johann Philipp Förtsch, German Baroque composer, statesman, and physician, dies at 80
- Dec 18 Johann Valentin Eckelt, German composer, dies at 59
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