Pope Clement XI
Head of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721
12 notable people were born in 1649. See what happened in 1649 →
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth
English Army officer and courtier
Elihu Yale
British colonial administrator and namesake of Yale College
Titus Oates
English minister and fabricator of the Popish Plot
Chhatrasal
Maharaja of Bundelkhand from 1675 to 1731
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
Dutch-born British courtier and diplomat
Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp
German noblewoman
Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Scottish duke
Adrien Baillet
French scholar and critic
William Carstares
Scottish religious minister
Bon Boullogne
French painter
Samuel Carpenter
American merchant and public servant