- Nov 5 Daniel Protheroe, Welsh conductor and composer, born in Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire, Wales (d. 1934)
- Nov 7 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1946)
- Nov 29 Waldemar von Baussnern, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1931)