- Feb 13 Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640)
- Feb 17 Louis Marchand, French Baroque musician and composer, dies at 63
- Feb 22 Francis Atterbury, English man of letters, politician, and priest (Church of England Bishop of Rochester, 1713-23), dies at 68
- Feb 24 Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)