- Feb 1 Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian & writer, dies at 76
- Feb 2 William C. Whitney, American financier and 31st United States Secretary of the Navy, dies at 62
- Feb 10 John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
- Feb 20 Gustav Adolf Heinze, Dutch composer, dies at 83
- Feb 22 Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (b. 1832)
- Feb 23 Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian homeopath doctor and founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, dies at 70