Famous Birthdays
- Feb 6 Johann Matthias Leffloth, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1731)
- Feb 15 Charles-André Van Loo, French Rococo painter, born in Nice, France (d. 1765)
- Feb 21 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (won naval victory in Battle of Quiberon Bay) (d. 1781)
- Feb 22 Peter Arctedi, Swedish biologist ("father of ichthyology" study of fish), born in Anundsjö, Sweden (d. 1735)
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey