- Jan 22 George Rodwell, English composer, dies at 51
- Feb 25 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and musician, dies at 72
- Feb 27 Joseph Drechsler, Czech composer, dies at 69
- Mar 12 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
- Mar 25 Alexis Garaudé, French composer and pedagogue, dies at 73
- May 6 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Belgian composer, dies at 75
- Jun 5 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Polish composer, dies at 45
- Jun 6 Tommaso Marchesi, Italian composer, dies at 79
- Jul 5 Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, dies at 69
- Aug 5 František Ladislav Čelakovský, Czech linguist, poet (national anthem, folk song), and Slavist, dies at 53
- Sep 28 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, German organist and composer, dies at 60
- Nov 12 Georg Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 22
- Nov 18 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60
- Nov 22 August Alexander Klengel, German pianist and composer, dies at 69
- Dec 16 Henri-Jean Rigel, French composer, music director, and "pianiste de la musique particulière de l’Empereur et Roi" to Napoleon, dies at 80
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