Born May 13, 1699

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo

1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the Marquis of Pombal, the Portuguese statesman who ruled as chief minister from 1750 to 1777 and led Portugal's recovery after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, was born in 1699.