Famous Birthdays
- Feb 12 Josef Reicha, Czech composer
- 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)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 9 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
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