Editing 1774 (section)

=== February ===
* [[February 1]]
** [[John Douglas (died 1838)|John Douglas]], Tory politician (d. [[1838]])
** [[Ferdinánd Pálffy]], Austrian theatre manager (d. [[1840]])
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Susan Montagu, Duchess of Manchester]], British noble (d. [[1828]])
* [[February 3]]
** [[Edward Cross (zoo proprietor)|Edward Cross]], British zookeeper (d. [[1854]])
** [[Karl Mollweide]], German mathematician (d. [[1825]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Frederick Traugott Pursh]], German-American botanist (d. [[1820]])
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Juan Fermín de San Martín]], Spanish military personnel (d. [[1822]])
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Henry Bates Grubb]], American ironmaster and businessman (d. [[1823]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Frederik Christian Kielsen]], Danish naturalist (d. [[1850]])
* [[February 8]]
** [[Karl Friedrich Heinrich]], German classical philologist (d. [[1838]])
** [[Samuel Moore (congressman)|Samuel Moore]], American politician (d. [[1861]])
** [[Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar, 1st Viscount of Molelos]], Portuguese general (d. [[1852]])
* [[February 9]]
** [[William Lattimore]], American physician and politician (d. [[1843]])
** [[Juan José Viamonte]], Argentine general (d. [[1843]])
* [[February 11]]
** [[Maxim Gauci]], Maltese painter and lithographer (d. [[1854]])
** [[Hans Järta]], Swedish politician, civil servant and administrator (d. [[1847]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Valentin Stanič]], Austrian teacher (d. [[1847]])
* [[February 13]]
** [[Robert Curzon (MP, born 1774)|Robert Curzon]], British Member of Parliament (d. [[1863]])
** [[Thomas Myers]], British mathematician (d. [[1834]])
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Prince Frederick of Orange-Nassau]], Dutch prince (d. [[1799]])
* [[February 16]]
** [[Étienne Guy]], Canadian politician, surveyor and militia officer (d. [[1820]])
** [[Pierre Rode]], French violinist and composer (d. [[1830]])
* [[February 17]]
** [[Mykhailo Levytsky]], Metropolitan of Lviv (d. [[1858]])
** [[Raphaelle Peale]], painter from the United States (d. [[1825]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[William Clark (congressman)|William Clark]], farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania (d. [[1851]])
* [[February 24]]
** [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], British and Hanoverian Royal (d. [[1850]])
** [[Archibald Constable]], Scottish printer and publisher (d. [[1827]])
** [[Perley Keyes]], American politician (d. [[1834]])
** [[Robert S. Rose]], American politician (d. [[1835]])
** [[Alexander Wilmot Schomberg]], British Royal Navy admiral (d. [[1850]])
** [[Roswell Weston]], American lawyer and politician (d. [[1861]])
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[George Gore (priest)|George Gore]], Anglican priest in Ireland (d. [[1844]])
* [[February 26]]
** [[Joseph Bédard (Lower Canada politician)|Joseph Bédard]], Canadian politician (d. [[1832]])
** [[William Farquhar]], first British Resident and Commandant of colonial Singapore (d. [[1839]])
** [[Richard Rouse (Australian colonial settler)|Richard Rouse]], public servant and settler (d. [[1852]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Thomas Vasse]], sea explorer (d. [[1801]])
* [[February 28]]
** [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IX]], King of Mysore (d. [[1796]])
** [[Thomas Tooke]], British economist (d. [[1858]])