Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
February 27: Première of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony in Vienna
September 14 – Francis Scott Key, inspired by the sight of the American flag over Fort McHenry, writes the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
November – Gypsy composer János Bihari plays to the court during the Congress of Vienna.
The district of Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh) is founded by William Foster. His son, the composer Stephen Foster, was born there twelve years later.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136 (Cantata)
John Field – Nocturnes
Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 6 Polonaises for piano
Ferdinand Ries – Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 80
Franz Schubert – Gretchen am Spinnrade
Louis Spohr
Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor, Op. 38
Das befreite Deutschland (cantata), WoO 64
Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio (Vienna)
Friedrich Kuhlau – Røverborgen (The Robbers' Castle)
Giovanni Pacini – La ballerina raggiratrice
Gioacchino Rossini – Il Turco in Italia
Henry Bishop – Sadak and Kalasrade, or the Waters of Oblivion
Francis Scott Key – The Star-Spangled Banner
January – Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer (d. 1865)
January 26 – Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II, organist, composer and teacher, the first Canadian to study music in Europe (d. 1871)
February 21 – Nicolò Gabrielli, opera composer (d. 1891)
February 26 – Giuseppe Lillo, opera composer (d. 1863)
March 3 – Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist and composer (d. 1901)
April 21 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (d. 1851)
May 1 – Emma Albertazzi, contralto (d. 1847)
May 7 – Henriette Hansen, Norwegian ballerina, singer and actor (d. 1892)
May 10 - Stanislas Verroust, oboist and composer (d. 1863)
May 12 – Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer (d. 1889)
November 6 – Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone (d. 1894)
February 3 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, composer (b. 1738)
April 12 – Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
May 6 – Georg Joseph Vogler, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1749)
June 8 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (b. 1765)
June 27 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer and music critic (b. 1752)
July 14 – Giovanna Sestini, opera singer (b. ca 174)
July 25 – Charles Dibdin, musician, songwriter, author of A Musical Tour through England (b. c. 1745)
August 19 – Angelo Tarchi, opera composer (b. c. 1760)
September 1 – Erik Tulindberg, first Finnish classical composer of note (b. 1761)
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