- Jan 10 Johan Wikmanson, Swedish composer, dies at 46
- Mar 2 Christian Friedrich Schale, German organist, harpsichordist, and composer, dies at 86
- Mar 3 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, German composer, dies at 64
- Mar 9 Dominique Della-Maria, French composer, dies at 30
- Apr 18 Johann Evangelist Schreiber, Swiss Baroque composer, dies at 84
- Apr 25 William Cowper, English pre-romantic poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
- May 7 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian classical, opera, and sacred music composer (Roland; Buona Figliuola), dies at 72
- Jun 10 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
- Aug 3 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German composer, dies at 63
- Sep 2 Prince Maciej Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, composer and librettist, dies at 50
- Sep 26 William Billings, American hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53
- Dec 19 Georg Peter Weimar, German cantor and composer, dies at 66
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