Famous Birthdays Feb 4 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer Feb 9 Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802) Feb 13 Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844) Famous Deaths Feb 2 Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75 1768 History by Year 1770