- Dec 11 Moritz von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25
- Dec 12 James Kent, American legal scholar (Columbia), dies at 84
- Dec 17 Marie-Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma and second wife of Napoleon, dies at 56
- Dec 29 William Crotch, British child prodigy organist, composer (Palestine Oratorio), and educator (Royal Academy), dies at 72
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