- Dec 3 Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-39) and Norway (1808-14), dies at 71
- Dec 7 Jan August Vitasek, Bohemian composer working in Prague, dies at 69
- Dec 15 Matthijs Ignatius van Bree, Belgian painter of historical subjects, dies at 66
- Dec 18 Charles-Henri Plantade, French composer, dies at 75
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