Editing 1798 (section)

=== February ===
* [[February 1]]
** [[Hannah Bevan]], English philanthropist (d. [[1874]])
** [[Willard Chase]], American treasure hunter (d. [[1871]])
* [[February 2]]
** [[John Warner Barber]], American historian (d. [[1885]])
** [[John Brogden (industrialist)|John Brogden]], British railway contractor and promoter (d. [[1869]])
** [[Stephen Mack Jr.]], American pioneer (d. [[1850]])
** [[Bernard Jullien]], linguist (d. [[1881]])
** [[Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby]], British Army general (d. [[1883]])
* [[February 3]]
** [[William Hill (Irish architect)|William Hill]], Irish architect (d. [[1844]])
** [[Nathaniel Morren]], Church of Scotland minister and church historian (d. [[1847]])
** [[Daniel Sandford (scholar)|Daniel Sandford]], Scottish politician and Greek scholar (d. [[1838]])
** [[Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede]], German botanist (d. [[1836]])
* [[February 4]]
** [[John Cochrane (chess player)|John Cochrane]], Scottish lawyer and chess player (d. [[1878]])
** [[Calvin Fletcher]], American judge (d. [[1866]])
** [[Adrian Janes]], American businessman (d. [[1869]])
** [[Otani Nobutomo]], Japanese martial artist (d. [[1864]])
* [[February 5]]
** [[Olympe-Philippe Gerbet]], French bishop (d. [[1864]])
** [[Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière]], French businessman and photographer (d. [[1865]])
** [[George James Turner]], English judge and politician (d. [[1867]])
* [[February 6]]
** [[Charles Dupeuty]], French librettist and playwright (d. [[1865]])
** [[James Saurin (priest)|James Saurin]], Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Dromore (d. [[1879]])
* [[February 7]]
** [[Eugène Goyet]], French painter (d. [[1857]])
** [[Bolette Puggaard]], Danish painter (d. [[1847]])
** [[William Tite]], British architect and politician (d. [[1873]])
** [[Harriet Waylett]], English actress and theatre manager (d. [[1851]])
* [[February 8]] – [[Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia]], Russian Grand Duke (d. [[1849]])
* [[February 9]]
** [[John Farmer (cartographer)|John Farmer]], American educator and cartographer (d. [[1859]])
** [[Christian Friedrich Koch]], German writer (d. [[1872]])
** [[Abel Stearns]], American mayor (d. [[1871]])
* [[February 10]] – [[Niels Nielsen Vogt]], Norwegian politician (d. [[1869]])
* [[February 11]]
** [[James Bacon (judge)|James Bacon]], British judge (d. [[1895]])
** [[Johann Schroth]], Austrian physician (d. [[1856]])
** [[Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith)|Alvin Smith]], Later Day Saints Smith family member (d. [[1823]])
** [[Joseph Vann]], Cherokee leader and businessman (d. [[1844]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Edward John Carlos]], English writer on architecture (d. [[1851]])
* [[February 13]]
** [[Heinrich Alexander von Arnim]], Prussian statesman (d. [[1861]])
** [[Samuel Dunn (minister)|Samuel Dunn]], British minister (d. [[1882]])
** [[Jules Renouard]], French publisher and private banker (d. [[1854]])
* [[February 14]]
** [[Benjamin Tett]], politician (d. [[1878]])
** [[Prosper Wetmore]], author (d. [[1876]])
** [[Searles Valentine Wood]], English palaeontologist (d. [[1880]])
* [[February 15]]
** [[Heinrich Beitzke]], German historian (d. [[1867]])
** [[Marie-Guillaume-Alphonse Devergie]], French dermatologist (d. [[1879]])
** [[Jean Étienne Duby]], Swiss clergyman and botanist (d. [[1885]])
* [[February 16]] – [[Richard Mills (cricketer)|Richard Mills]], English cricketer (d. [[1882]])
* [[February 17]]
** [[Friedrich Eduard Beneke]], German psychologist & scholar (d. [[1854]])
** [[Charles Macalester]], American businessman, banker and philanthropist (d. [[1873]])
** [[Josef Matěj Navrátil]], Czech painter (d. [[1865]])
** [[Ann Agnes Trail]], Roman Catholic nun and artist (d. [[1872]])
* [[February 18]]
** [[Adalbert von Ladenberg]], Prussian politician (d. [[1855]])
** [[José Hilario López]], President of Colombia (d. [[1869]])
* [[February 19]]
** [[William Best, 2nd Baron Wynford]], British Baron and politician (d. [[1869]])
** [[Allan MacNab]], Canadian politician (d. [[1862]])
* [[February 20]]
** [[Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix]], German mathematician (d. [[1870]])
** [[Richard M. Young]], American politician (d. [[1861]])
* [[February 21]]
** [[John William Bowden]], British minister (d. [[1844]])
** [[Wilhelm Esser]], German philosopher, classical philologist, university teacher (d. [[1854]])
** [[Lubize]], French playwright (d. [[1863]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[Samuel Price Carson]], American politician and farmer (d. [[1838]])
** [[Gustave Drouineau]], French playwright (d. [[1878]])
** [[Charles Émile Seurre]], French artist (d. [[1858]])
** [[Charles Mynn Thruston]], Union Army general (d. [[1873]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Ichabod Spencer]], American minister (d. [[1854]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Daniel Massey (manufacturer)|Daniel Massey]], blacksmith, businessman (d. [[1856]])
* [[February 25]]
** [[William Claiborne Dunlap]], American politician (d. [[1872]])
** [[Thomas Napier Thomson]], Scottish minister and writer (d. [[1869]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Amy and Isaac Post]], Hicksite Quakers from New York (d. [[1872]])
* [[February 27]]
** [[Marshall Chapin]], American mayor (d. [[1836]])
** [[Daniel Wakefield (judge)|Daniel Wakefield]], judge in New Zealand (d. [[1858]])
* [[February 28]]
** [[Étienne Rouchouze]], Missionary and bishop (d. [[1843]])
** [[Johann Jakob Ulrich]], painter from Switzerland (d. [[1877]])