Feb 17 Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German playwright (Der Wirrwarr, oder Sturm und Drang) and novelist, born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (d. 1831)
Feb 20 Charles Broche, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1803)
Feb 25 John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)