- Jan 2 Maria Luisa of Parma, Queen of Charles IV of Spain, dies at 67
- Jan 8 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
- Jan 9 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen consort of Württemberg (1816-19), dies of erysipelas complicated by pneumonia at 30
- Jan 14 John Wolcot, English satirist (Peter Pindar), dies at 80
- Jan 20 Carlos IV [English: Charles], King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70
- Mar 8 Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)
- Mar 9 János Fusz, Hungarian-German composer, dies at 41
- Mar 10 Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and writer, dies at 76
- Mar 16 Nicolas Séjan, French organist and composer, dies at 73
- Mar 23 August von Kotzebue, German dramatist, dies at 57
- Apr 15 Oliver Evans, American inventor who pioneered high-pressure steam engine, dies at 63
- May 2 Mary Moser, English painter (Flowers Still Life), dies at 74
- May 11 Kaspar Furstenau, German composer, dies at 47
- May 16 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75
- May 22 Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, dies at 84
- Jun 26 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer (Die Kreuzfahrer - The Crusaders), dies at 71
- Jun 26 Slome Duikelar [Abraham J Swalff], Yiddish writer, dies
- Jun 30 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, dies at 72
- Jul 1 Jemima Wilkinson [Publick Universal Friend], American preacher, founded Universal Friends sect, dies at 66
- Jul 20 John Playfair, Scottish geologist and mathematician, dies at 70
- Jul 24 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
- Aug 23 Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval hero (Battle of Lake Erie), dies on 34th birthday
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Aug 25 Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (steam engine), dies at 83
- Sep 6 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, dies at 74
- Sep 7 Jean-Louis Duport, French cellist and composer, dies at 69
- Sep 8 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, German composer, dies at 56
- Sep 12 Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
- Sep 14 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens), dies at 61
- Sep 16 John Jeffries, American physician and meteorologist (1st balloon flight across English Channel), dies at 75
- Sep 28 Karl Haack, German composer, dies at 68
- Sep 30 Nicolas Roze, French composer, dies at 74
- Oct 6 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies
- Oct 13 Giovanni Battista Gaiani, Italian organist and composer, dies at 61
- Oct 15 Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, daughter of viceroy Willem V & Wilhelmina of Prussia, dies at 48
- Oct 15 Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
- Oct 20 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, dies at 66
- Nov 5 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, Regent of Holland, dies at 55
- Nov 15 Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (isolation of nitrogen in 1772), dies at 70
- Dec 5 Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet, lawyer and translator, dies at 69
- Dec 9 Ann C Coleman, American socialite and fiancée of lawyer and future US President James Buchanan, dies of a laudanum overdose at 23 [1]
- Dec 19 Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer, dies at 54
- Dec 20 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, French composer, dies at 50
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