Famous Birthdays
- Feb 5 Court Lambertus van Beyma, Frisian regent and leader of the Frisian patriots (d. 1820)
- Feb 6 Évariste de Parny, French poet, born in Saint-Paul, France (d. 1814)
- Feb 7 Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)
- Feb 12 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer
- Feb 12 François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
- Feb 20 Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)