- Jan 13 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, dies at 80
- Mar 8 Johann Anton Sulzer, Swiss writer and composer, dies at 75
- Jun 15 Brizio Petrucci, Italian composer, dies at 91
- Oct 3 Josephus Andreas Fodor, Dutch Classical era violinist and composer, dies at 77
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Nov 19 Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies from syphilis and typhoid fever at 31
- Dec 30 Waldemar Thrane, Norwegian violinist, composer (Fjeldeventyret), and conductor, dies at 38
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