- Dec 2 Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)
- Dec 7 Antoni de Kontski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 82
- Dec 11 Andrew Wauchope, British Major-General, dies in Battle of Magersfontein in the Boer war, South Africa. Another British Major, The Marquess of Winchester also killed.
- Dec 17 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle
- Dec 18 John William Glover, Irish composer, dies at 84
- Dec 22 Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies
- Dec 30 James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85