- Sep 4 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64
- Sep 7 R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies
- Sep 9 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
- Sep 17 Ignaz Brull, Moravian-born composer, dies at 60
- Sep 28 Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81