- Feb 4 Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder and inoculation proponent, dies at 77
- Feb 4 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist, dies at 58
- Feb 17 Franz Gotz, Bohemian composer, dies at 59
- Feb 19 Leonhard von Call, Austrian guitarist, mandolin virtuoso, and composer, dies at 47
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
Feb 24 American inventor and engineer (first commercial steamboat), dies of tuberculosis at 49
- Feb 26 Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737)
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