- Feb 6 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
- Feb 6 Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, dies at 24 in mysterious circumstances
- Feb 11 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
- Feb 16 Félix Faure, 6th President of the French Third Republic (1895-99), dies at 57
- Feb 18 M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56
- Feb 21 Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor and 5th Governor of New Zealand (1868-73), dies at 77
- Feb 25 Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born founder of Reuters news agency, dies at 82