- Oct 3 George Onslow, British-French composer, chiefly of chamber music, dies at 69
- Oct 29 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, French pianist, music teacher, and composer, dies at 68
- Oct 29 William Richard Bexfield, English composer, dies at 29
- Oct 30 Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Triple Oratorio:, Putifar-Giuseppe-Giacobbe), dies at 66