- Feb 1 Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor and theatre director (Die Oberpfalz), born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 1771)
- Feb 15 Louis XV 'Louis the Beloved', King of France (1715-74), born in the Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1774)
- Feb 21 Willem van Haren, Dutch poet (Human Life), born in Leeuwarden (d. 1768)