Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Mar 1 Polish pianist and composer (Concerto in F Minor), born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Jun 8 German pianist, composer (Humoresque), and music critic (Neue Zeitschrift für Musik - New Journal for Music), born in Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony
- Jun 9 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, German composer, one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1849)
- Jun 19 Ferdinand David, German violinist and composer (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels), born in Hamburg, French Empire (now Germany) (d. 1873)
- Jun 23 (Franziska) "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina and choreographer, born in Gumpendorf, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1884)
- Jul 18 Peter [Josef Anton] Singer, Austrian monk, organist and composer, born in Unterhäselgehr, Tyrol (d. 1882)
- Aug 14 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1876)
- Nov 7 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer (Himnusz), born in Gyula (d. 1893)
- Nov 16 Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, German composer, born in Bleckede, Germany (d. 1882)
- Dec 1 Joseph Gungl, Austro-Hungarian bandleader and composer of dances and marches, born in Zsámbék, Hungary (d. 1889)
- Dec 21 Ludwig Schuncke, German pianist and composer, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1834)
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