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1583 – 1645Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)Died 28 August 1645, aged 62Hugo Grotius, the Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings on natural law and the law of nations laid foundations for modern international law, died after being shipwrecked off the Pomeranian coast while traveling from Sweden. His 1625 treatise On the Law of War and Peace remained a foundational text for centuries.