- Feb 4 Pierre de Marivaux, French playwright and novelist (La Vie de Marianne), born in Paris, France (d. 1763)
Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel (1688-1765)
Feb 7 Princess of Orange and ancestor of all currently reigning monarchs in Europe, born in Kassel
- Feb 8 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher, mathematician and mythic (The New Church), born in Stockholm, Swedish Empire (d. 1772)