- Aug 1 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, dies at 60
- Aug 11 Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), dies at 68
- Aug 19 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, German composer, dies at 54
- Aug 19 Josef Blažej Smrček, Czech organist and composer, dies at 61
- Aug 20 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, Czech organist, cellist, and composer, dies at 74
- Aug 20 Johann Baptist Wanhal [Jan Křtitel Vaňhal], Czech organist, cellist, composer, and teacher, dies at 74
- Aug 21 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, dies at 67
- Aug 23 Alexander Wilson, Scottish ornithologist and naturalist, dies at 47
- Aug 26 Daniel Gottlob Turk, German composer, dies at 63
- Aug 26 Theodor Körner, German soldier and poet (Zriny, Sword Song), dies fighting in the Napoleonic wars at 21
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