- Feb 14 Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (L’École des Mères), born in Paris (d. 1754)
- Feb 25 Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
- Feb 29 John Byrom, English poet and the inventor of shorthand, born in Manchester, England (d. 1763)