- Feb 2 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62
- Feb 7 Franz Anton Dimmler, German composer, dies at 73
- Feb 17 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator (Leonard & Gertrude), dies at 81
- Feb 22 Charles Willson Peale, American painter remembered for portraits of leading American Revolution figures (George Washington), dies at 85
- Feb 26 David Moritz Michael, German composer who worked in America, dies at 75