- Feb 8 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, dies at 76
- Feb 14 Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt, dies of Bright's disease at 22
- Feb 21 John Pike Hullah, English composer, dies at 71
- Feb 23 Jimmy Tambo, Australian aboriginal, US circus attraction, dies at 23