- Dec 17 Frederick Grant Gleason, American composer, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1903)
- Dec 18 Karl Schröder II, German composer, born in Quedlinburg, Prussian Saxony (d. 1935)
- Dec 21 Edward Everett Rice, American pioneer producer and composer of musical theater, born in Brighton, Massachusetts (d. 1924)
- Dec 30 Mary Frances Allitsen, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1912)
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