- Feb 9 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem, dies at 58
- Feb 14 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
- Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (Kamarinskaya; Ruslan and Ludmilla), dies at 53
- Feb 26 Ole Andreas Lindeman, Norwegian organist (Trondheim Vor Frelsers Kirke, 1799-57), composer, and educator, dies at 88