Feb 4 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, writer and author of the Czech national anthem (Kde domov můj), born in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
Feb 28 Elias Parish Alvars, British harpist and composer ("Voyage d'un Harpiste en Orient"), born in Teignmouth, England (d. 1849)
Mar 24 Maria Malibran (née Garcia) Spanish operatic contralto and soprano, born in Paris, France (d. 1836)
Apr 10 Auguste Franchomme, French cellist and composer, born in Lille, France (d. 1884)
May 15 Gottfried Herrmann, German violinist, organist, Kapellmeister, and composer, born in Sondershausen, Confederation of the Rhine (now Germany) (d. 1878)
May 15 Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (The Bohemian Girl), born in Dublin (d. 1870)
May 17 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, French composer (Les trois couleurs), born in Lille, France (d. 1892)
May 30 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1862)
Jul 28 Charles Lucas, British cellist composer, publisher, and educator (Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, 1859-66), born in Salisbury, England (d. 1869)
Jul 31 Frederick Crouch, British-American cellist, composer ("Kathleen Mavourneen"), Confederate soldier, and music teacher, born in London, England (d. 1896)
Aug 10 Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1880)
Sep 15 Louis Clapisson, French composer and violinist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1866)
Oct 1 Eduard Sobolewski, Polish-American violinist and composer, born in Königsberg (d. 1872)
Oct 12 John Liptrot Hatton, English composer and pianist, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1886)
Oct 24 Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, born in Großschönau, Saxony, Germany (d. 1879)
Nov 17 Alberich Zwyssig, Swiss monk and composer (Swiss psalm - Swiss National Anthem), born in Bauen, Switzerland (d. 1854)
Nov 18 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1877)
Dec 6 Johann Christian Gebauer, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1884)
Dec 26 Albert Grisar, Belgian composer, born in Antwerp (d. 1869)