- Dec 13 Jakab Gyula Major, Hungarian pianist and composer, born in Kosice, Czech Republic (d. 1925)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Dec 22 Italian opera composer (La bohème; Tosca; Madame Butterfly), born in Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Dec 22 Italian opera composer (La bohème; Tosca; Madame Butterfly), born in Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany