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Birthdays
- Gioacchino Angelo ()
- Hans Krása ()
- Herbert Sumsion ()
- Juan Vicente Lecuna ()
- Lili Wieruszowski ()
- Francis Poulenc (7 January)
- Alexander Tcherepnin (21 January)
- Jan Maklakiewicz (7 February)
- Georges Auric (15 February)
- Patrick Hadley (5 March)
- Grete von Zieritz (10 March)
- Robert Casadesus (7 April)
- Randall Thompson (21 April)
- Edward K. "Duke" Ellington (29 April)
- Jón Leifs (1 May)
- George Frederick McKay (11 June)
- Carlos Chávez (13 June)
- Anthon van der Horst (20 June)
- Pavel Haas (21 June)
- Domingo Santa-Cruz-Wilson (5 July)
- William Lovelock (13 August)
- Lajos Bárdos (1 October)
- Sebastiano Caltebiano (28 December)
- Silvestre Revueltas (31 December)
Dying days
- Albert Biehl ()
- Johann Strauss Jr. (3 June)
- Ernest Chausson (10 June)
- Anton Absenger (16 December)
- Karl Millöcker (31 December)
Music events
- Premiere of Bruckner's Symphony no. 6 in A major, in Vienna, Austria, with Mahler conducting. (26 February) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Bruckner's Symphony no. 6 in A major, in Vienna, Austria, with Mahler conducting. (26 February) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of Ein Heldenleben, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with Strauss conducting. (3 March) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of the Enigma Variations op. 36, in London, England. (19 June) → Edward Elgar
- Premiere of Wiener Blut, in Vienna, Austria. (25 October) → Johann Strauss Jr.
- Premiere of The Devil and Kathy, in Prague, Czech Republic. (23 November) → Antonín Dvořák
- Premiere of Frau Luna, in Berlin, Germany. (31 December) → Paul Lincke
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