David Thompson (1770-1857)
Feb 10 English-Canadian explorer (Columbia River, mapped more Canadian territory than anyone else), dies at 86
- Feb 14 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
- Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (Kamarinskaya; Ruslan and Ludmilla), dies at 53
- Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
- Feb 16 Elisha Kent Kane, American naval surgeon and Arctic explorer (led expedition to Greenland discover fate of John Franklin), dies at 37
- Feb 26 Ole Andreas Lindeman, Norwegian organist (Trondheim Vor Frelsers Kirke, 1799-57), composer, and educator, dies at 88
- Feb 28 André Dumont, Belgian geologist, dies at 48
Assassination
Drug Overdose
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Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide