Henri Boulard[?] (b. 1754) dies, leaving behind one of the greatest book collections in history, with a library containing more than half a million books.
... Perelman[?], humorist, author
February 4 - MacKinlay Kantor[?], historian (+ 1977)
February 5 - Walter Gross[?], cabaretist (+ 1989)
February 7 - Ernst Ginsberg[?], ...