[edit] Events [edit] Classical Music [edit] Births - February 14 - Alexander Dargomyzhsky, composer (d. 1869)
- March 2 - George Macfarren, composer (d. 1887)
- May 22 - Richard Wagner, composer (d. 1883)
- June 16 - Otto Jahn, music writer (d. 1869)
- August 15 - Léon Gastinel, composer (d. 1906)
- October 10 - Giuseppe Verdi, composer (d. 1901)
- October 16 - Julie von Webenau, composer (d. 1887)
- November 19 - Augusta Smith, opera singer
- September 3 - Mathilda Gelhaar, opera singer (d. 1889)
- November 30 - Charles-Valentin Alkan, pianist and composer (d. 1888)
- December 27 - Jakob Rosenhain, pianist and composer (d. 1894)
- Johanna von Schoultz, opera singer (d. 1863)
[edit] Deaths - January 11 - Giuseppe Aprile, castrato singer (b. 1731)
- March 14 - Christian Ehregott Weinlig, composer and cantor (b. 1743)
- June 7 - Maria Hester Park, pianist, singer and composer (b. 1760)
- August 20 - Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer (b. 1739)
- August 26 - Daniel Gottlob Türk, composer, organist and music professor (b. 1756)
- September 24 - André Grétry, composer (b. 1741)
- October 5 - Etienne Ozi, bassoonist and composer (b. 1754)
- November 2 - Johann Gottfried Vierling, organist and composer (b. 1750)
- November 29 - Jean Balthasar Tricklir, cellist and composer (b. 1750)
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