Jan 19 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1918)
Mar 26 Emanuel Kania, Polish composer, born in Uszyce, Poland (d. 1887)
Apr 12 Edward Mollenhauer, Prussian-American violinist and composer (Love Among the Breakers), born in Erfurt, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1914)
Apr 15 Julius Tausch, German composer, born in Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt (d. 1895)
May 11 Septimus Winner, American songwriter (Listen To The Mockingbird), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1902)
Jul 19 Wilhelm Kalliwoda, Bohemian-German pianist, composer, kapellmeister, and music teacher, born in Donaueschingen, Grand Duchy of Baden (d. 1893)
Aug 20 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dorfschwalben aus Austria), born in Mariahilf, Austria (d. 1870)
Aug 22 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1909)
Aug 28 Teresa Milanollo, Italian composer, born in Savigliano, Italy (d. 1904)
Sep 8 Emil Naumann, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
Oct 6 Cark Reidel, German composer and conductor, born in Cronenberg, Wuppertal (d. 1888)
Nov 12 Gustav Merkel, German organist (Dresden Cathedral, 1864-85), composer, and pedagogue (Dresden Conservatory), born in Oberoderwitz, Kingdom of Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1885)
Nov 20 Edmond Dédé, Creole-American violinist and composer (Quasimodo Symphony; Mephisto Masque), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1901)