- Sep 13 Friedrich Kiel, Austrian composer, and mountain climber, dies at 63
- Sep 15 Juliusz Zarębski, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies of tuberculosis at 31
- Sep 15 Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant, dies after being hit by a train
- Sep 30 Maria Gartmann, Dutch actress, dies at 60