Talleyrand (1754-1838)
Feb 2 French statesman, born in Paris
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- Feb 19 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, led cartographic survey of the coast of Australia, born in St-Pierre-de-Ré, France (d. 1803)
- Feb 19 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet and translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier, the Iliad), born in Alfonsine, Emilia-Romagna (d. 1828)