Jan 2 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Polish composer, born in Studzianka, West Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1852)
Jan 4 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1889)
Jan 6 Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, born in Wetzlar (d. 1883)
Feb 6 Hans Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, born in Flensburg, Germany (d. 1890)
Feb 15 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, Polish composer, born in Romanów, Russian Empire (d. 1867)
Mar 15 Gaetano Gaspari, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1881)
May 15 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, Italian composer, music critic, attorney, and educator (Conservatory of Florence, 1862-81), born in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1881)
Jun 2 Robert Führer, Czech composer of sacred music, and music theorist, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1861)
Jun 6 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1866)
Sep 11 Ignaz Lachner, German composer, born in Rain, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1895)
Oct 3 Heinrich Panofka, German violist and composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1887)
Oct 21 Miguel Hilarion Eslava, Spanish composer and priest (Chapel Master Royal Chapel Madrid), born in Burlada, Spain (d. 1878)
Oct 21 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer, born in Mulhouse, Alsace (d. 1880)
Nov 16 François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, born in Issoire, France (d. 1873)