Famous Birthdays
- Feb 5 Alexandre Brongniart, French geologist and mineralogist (arranged geologic formations of the Tertiary Period), born in Paris, France (d. 1847)
- Feb 9 Ferdinando Carulli, Italian classical guitar composer (Méthode, Op. 27), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1841)
- Feb 18 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, German composer, born in Elgersburg, Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)
- Feb 22 Jan August Vitasek, Bohemian composer working in Prague, born in Hořín, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1839)
- Feb 26 Antoine Reicha, Czech born French composer and teacher, friend of Beethoven, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1836)
