- Dec 1 Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (I Saw Estonia Yesterday), dies at 49
- Dec 7 José Marraco y Ferrer, Catalan church musician and composer, dies at 78
- Dec 7 Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX, dies at 85
Menelik II
Dec 12 Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1889-1913) and Negus/King of Shewa (1866–89), dies at 69