Mary Shelley
Feb 1 Mary Shelley, English novelist (Frankenstein), dies of a brain tumour at 53
- Feb 16 Anne Willem Carel van Nagell, Dutch politician, dies at 95
- Feb 18 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician, dies at 46
- Feb 20 Josef Alois Ladurner, Austrian keyboardist, choral director, composer, and priest dies at 81
- Feb 23 Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet and playwright, dies at 88
- Feb 25 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer, dies at 53