- Jan 3 Moritz Hauptmann, German composer, dies at 75
- Jan 7 William Batchelder Bradbury, American composer, dies at 51
- Jan 11 Henry Haywood Bell, U.S. Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 59
- Jan 22 Moritz Ganz, German composer and cellist, dies at 61
- Jan 28 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62