- Jan 19 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, Czech composer, dies at 56
- Jan 20 Michal Bogdanowicz, Polish composer, dies at 49
- Feb 7 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67
- Feb 17 Marcos Portugal [Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal], Portuguese-Brazilian opera, sacred music, and national anthem composer (Portugal - "Hymno Patriótico", 1809; Brazil - "Hino da Independência", 1822), dies at 67
- Apr 1 Carl Borromaus Neuner, German composer, dies at 51
- Apr 18 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer (Master of Music at the Royal Chapel), dies at 63
- Aug 3 Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer, arranger, and organist, dies at 68
- Aug 12 Franz de Paula Roser, Austrian composer and conductor, dies at 50
- Sep 19 Stanislas Champein, French composer, dies at 76
- Nov 25 Pierre Rode, French composer, dies at 56
- Dec 28 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, Flemish composer, dies at 83
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