Deaths
- 12 January - James Mason, chess player and writer (born 1849).
- 9 February - Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, peer (born 1825).
- 14 March - George Fisher, Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand (born 1843).
- 6 April - Henry Benedict Medlicott, geologist (born 1829).
- 24 April - Kivas Tully, architect (born 1820).
- 31 May - Michael N. Nolan, U.S. Representative from New York, mayor of Albany (born 1833).
- 27 June - Harold Mahony, tennis player (born 1867) (bicycle accident).
- 15 July - Kevin Izod O'Doherty, transported to Australia in 1849, physician and politician (born 1823).
- 13 September - Patrick Collins, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Mayor of Boston (born 1844).
- 19 September - Dr. Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist (born 1845).
- 31 October - Bryan O'Loghlen, politician in Australia, 13th Premier of Victoria (born 1828).
- 9 December - William Ford, businessman in America, father of Henry Ford (born 1826).
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