- Feb 12 John Graham Chambers, Welsh athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing, born in Llanelli, Wales. (d. 1883)
- Feb 19 Adelina Patti, Italian opera soprano (Lucio), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1919)
- Feb 22 Aldredo de Escragnolle Taunay, Brazilian writer (Inocencia), musician and politician, born in Rio Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1899)