- Dec 1 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, Russian church composer and choirmaster, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1856)
- Dec 12 Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, born in Joigny, Burgundy, France (d. 1865)
- Dec 14 Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1847)
- Dec 19 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, born in Paris, France (d. 1857)
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