- Dec 6 Henryk Jarecki, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1918)
- Dec 22 Andreas Hallén, Swedish composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1925)
- Dec 31 Richard Kleinmichel, German pianist, composer (Manon), and arranger (Wagner operas for piano), born in Posen, Prussian Grand Duchy of Posen (now Poznań, Poland) (d. 1901)
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