- Feb 1 George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco, dies at 70
- Feb 13 Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
- Feb 18 Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician and lawyer (3rd Attorney General of California), dies at 78
- Feb 20 P. G. T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (Hero of Sumter), dies at 74
Assassination
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Plane Crash
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