Deaths
- 21 January - Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, government official in Western Australia (born 1816).
- 24 January - Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, novelist (born 1855).
- 3 March - Garrett Byrne, Irish nationalist and MP (born 1829).
- 19 March - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer (born 1810).
- 1 April - William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin (born 1828).
- 11 October - Charles W. Jones, lawyer and United States Senator in Florida (born 1834).
- 31 October - Samuel Haughton, scientific writer (born 1821).
- 25 November - John Coleman, United States Marine, recipient of Medal of Honor for his actions in 1871 during the Korean Expedition (born 1847).
- 8 December - Mary O'Connell, nurse during the American Civil War (born 1814).
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