- Jan 6 Vittorio Monti, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1922)
- Jan 16 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, Czech composer and conductor, born in Rájec nad Svitavou, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1926)
- Jan 23 Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer and violinist, born in Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, Mexico (d. 1894)