- Feb 1 Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman & educator, dies at 63
- Feb 4 Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73
- Feb 5 Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish Franciscan friar 'the first anthropologist' (studied Aztec beliefs and culture), dies (b. 1499) [1]
- Feb 12 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer and diplomat (Anti-Tribonien), dies at 65