Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
Jan 4 1st American Catholic saint (canonized 1975), dies in Maryland at 46
John Keats (1795-1821)
Feb 23 English Romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn), dies of tuberculosis at 25
- Feb 23 Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
- Feb 26 Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)
- Mar 10 Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, second daughter of Duke and Duchess of Clarence, later King William IV and Queen Adelaide, dies at less than 3 months old
- Mar 23 Bernhard Anselm Weber, German pianist, conductor and composer, dies at 56
- Apr 9 Félix Máximo López, Spanish composer, dies at 78
- Apr 20 Franz Karl Achard, German physicist and chemist, dies at 67
- Apr 21 Thursday October Christian, son of Fletcher Christian (leader of the historical mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 40
- Apr 22 John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter and etcher, dies at 52
Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
May 5 French military leader and Emperor of the French (1804-14, 1815), dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena, officially from stomach cancer but rumours of arsenic poisoning persist
- May 15 John Wall Calcott, English composer, dies at 54
- May 19 Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
- Jun 7 Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780)
- Jun 13 Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance, dies at 55
- Jun 17 Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
- Jun 18 Charles Hague, English composer, dies at 52
- Jul 4 Richard Cosway, English portrait painter, dies at 78
- Jul 9 Tommaso Sogner, Italian composer, dies at 58
- Jul 21 Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
- Aug 1 Elizabeth Inchbald [Simpson], English actress and author (Lovers' Vows, Lady Abbess), dies at 68
- Aug 4 William Floyd, American soldier who signed the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 86
- Aug 6 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 64
- Aug 7 Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), dies at 53
- Aug 10 Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
- Aug 29 Horace Coignet, French violinist, singer and composer, dies at 86
José Miguel Carrera (1785-1821)
Sep 4 1st President of Chile (1811-14), shot and killed after a show trial at 35
- Sep 27 Luis Brión, Curacaos military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence, dies at 39
- Oct 4 John Rennie, Scottish engineer, dies at 60
- Oct 9 Georg Friederich Fuchs, German composer, dies at 68
- Oct 11 John Ross Key, American lawyer, commissioned officer in the Continental Army and the father of Francis Scott Key, dies at 67
- Oct 24 Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and patriot, President of the Continental Congress, dies at 81
- Nov 10 Andreas Romberg, German violinist and composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54
- Nov 26 Friedrich Heine, German composer, dies at 57
- Dec 12 Phoebe Hessel, English woman who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British Army, probably to be with her lover, Samuel Golding, dies at 108
- Dec 20 Gian Francesco Fortunati, Italian opera composer and maestro di cappella of Parma, dies at 75
- Dec 29 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau, Dutch general, dies at 61
- Dec 30 Angelo Maria Benincori, Italian composer, dies at 42
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