- Dec 8 William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman, member of the Vanderbilt family, dies at 64
- Dec 15 Ferdinand II, German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and King of Portugal (1837-53), dies at 69
- Dec 15 Robert Toombs, American lawyer and 1st Confederate States Secretary of State, dies at 75
- Dec 24 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian National Archives of Belgium), dies at 85
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