- Dec 13 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao musician, composer and poet, born in Curacao (d. 1911)
- Dec 22 Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan classical pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1917)
- Dec 30 André Charles Prosper Messager, French organist, composer and conductor (Les Deux Pigeons, Véronique), born in Montluçon, France (d. 1929)
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