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Birthdays
- Alban Berg (9 February)
- Julius Harrison (26 March)
- Carlos Salzédo (6 April)
- Leó Weiner (16 April)
- Wallingford Riegger (29 April)
- Luigi Russolo (30 April)
- Otto Klemperer (14 May)
- Agustín Barrios Mangoré (23 May)
- Alfredo Schiuma (25 June)
- George Butterworth (12 July)
- Benjamin Dale (17 July)
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov (18 September)
- Artur Lemba (24 September)
Dying days
- August Gottfried Ritter ()
- Ludvig Norman (28 March)
- Franz Abt (31 March)
- Ferdinand Hiller (12 May)
- Friedrich Kiel (14 September)
- Gustav Adolf Merkel (30 October)
Music events
- Premiere of concerto for horn and orchestra no. 1 in E flat major op. 11, in Meiningen, Germany. (3 March) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of From Holberg's Time, in Bergen, Norway. (13 March) → Edvard Hagerup Grieg
- Premiere of Symphony no. 7 in d minor op. 70, London, England. (22 April) → Antonín Dvořák
- Premiere of the Te Deum, in Vienna, Austria, with Bruckner conducting. (2 May) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Der Zigeunerbaron, in Vienna, Austria. (24 October) → Johann Strauss Jr.
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in e minor op. 98, in Meiningen, Germany, with Brahms conducting. (25 October) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of Symphonic Poem “Stenka Rasin”, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (23 November) → Alexander Glazunov
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