2013 Event Australian diplomat Peter Woolcott's draft for the first-ever treaty to regulate the conventional arms trade is discussed by members of the United Nations 2010 Event The United Nations appoints Russia diplomat, Yury Fedotov, to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Death Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Diplomat 2000 Death Richard Kerry, American Diplomat 1996 Death Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat, dies at 90 1996 Death Roger Makins, diplomat, dies at 92 1996 Death Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat, dies at 53 1996 Death Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat, dies at 96 1996 Death Roderick Barclay, diplomat, dies at 87 1996 Death Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73 1996 Death Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76 1996 Death Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73 1996 Death Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at 89 1996 Death Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94 1995 Death David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97 1995 Death George Ivan Smith, diplomat, dies at 80 1995 Death Kenneth Kweku Sinaman Dadzie, diplomat, dies at 65 1995 Death John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77 1995 Death Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat, dies at 67 1995 Death Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat, dies at 77 1995 Death Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82 1994 Death Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82 1994 Death Constantine Koukouchkine, Russian diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41 1993 Death Thomas J Watson, Jr., president of IBM (1956-71)/diplomat, dies at 79 1993 Death Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88 1993 Death Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83 1993 Death Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered 1992 Death Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies 1992 Death Philip C Habib, U.S. diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72 1991 Death Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85 1991 Death Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered 1991 Death John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat 1990 Death Lord Caradon, British Diplomat 1989 Death Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday 1987 Death Clare A Booth Luce, U.S. diplomat/journalist, dies at 84 1985 Death Milton S Eisenhower, U.S. diplomat, dies at 85 1985 Death Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82 1984 Death Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England 1984 Event Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203) 1981 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American 1976 Death Paul Morand, French Diplomat 1975 Death Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1975 Death Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78 1971 Death Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat 1971 Death Ralph J Bunche, 1st black U.S. diplomat (Nobel 1950), dies at 67 1971 Death Yorgos Seferis, Seferiadis, Greek diplomat/poet (I sterna), dies 1970 Death Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies 1969 Death Allan Welsh Dulles, U.S. diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75 1967 Death Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies 1965 Death Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75 1964 Death Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84 1961 Death Sumner Welles, U.S. diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68 1961 Death Enrique Larreta, E Rodriguez Maza, Argentine diplomat/writer, dies 1959 Death Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet, historian and diplomat, dies at 70 1959 Death William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1957 Death Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat 1954 Event Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra 1953 Birthday Dominique de Villepin, French Diplomat 1953 Death Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60 1951 Death Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat, dies at 75 1949 Birthday Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Diplomat 1949 Death Edward R Stettinius, U.S. foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies 1949 Death Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63 1948 Death Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75 1947 Death Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 1946 Death Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat 1945 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary 1944 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann 1944 Death Harry CA Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania), dies at 87 1943 Birthday Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat 1939 Birthday Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat 1939 Birthday John Negroponte, American Diplomat 1939 Birthday Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat 1938 Death Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered 1938 Birthday John Weston, born in England, diplomat, UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council, 1992 - 1995, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1995 - 1998 1938 Birthday Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize 1935 Birthday Dave Wilson, born in Scotland, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, diplomat, administrator, Sinologist, 27th Governor of Hong Kong 1987 - 1992 1934 Birthday Terence Clark, British diplomat 1932 Birthday Ramsay Melhuish, diplomat 1931 Birthday Nicholas Gordon Lennox, diplomat 1930 Birthday Kenneth Kweku Sinaman Dadzie, diplomat 1930 Death Fridtjof Nansen, diplomat (Nobel 1922), dies 1929 Death Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies 1929 Birthday Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat and executive director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1928 Birthday Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat 1928 Death Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies 1928 Birthday Richard Evans, British diplomat 1927 Death Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 1927 Birthday Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat 1927 Birthday Hugh Byatt, British diplomat 1927 Birthday Isabel Stoate, British diplomat 1927 Birthday William Bentley, diplomat 1926 Birthday Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Diplomat 1926 Birthday Francis Kennedy, British diplomat 1925 Birthday Warren M. Christopher, American diplomat and lawyer 1925 Birthday John Moberly, diplomat 1924 Death Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies 1924 Death Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 1923 Birthday Gillian Brown, diplomat 1923 Birthday Hugh Overton, British diplomat 1923 Birthday Ronald Arculus, British diplomat 1922 Birthday Eric Brand, diplomat 1922 Birthday Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat 1922 Birthday Michael Wilford, diplomat 1921 Birthday Martin Buckmaster, born in England, born Martin Stanley Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, diplomat, served in the House of Lords 1920 Birthday Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat 1920 Birthday Robin Haydon, British diplomat 1920 Birthday David Vere Bendall, former diplomat 1920 Birthday Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1919 Birthday Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head, MI5 1918 Birthday Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 1918 Birthday John Johnston, British diplomat, Rhodesia, Malaysia 1918 Birthday Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat 1917 Birthday Miguel Serrano, Chilean Diplomat 1917 Death Antonio JdC Feijo, Port diplomat/poet (Cancioneiro Chinas), dies at 55 1915 Birthday Richard Kerry, American Diplomat 1915 Birthday George Ivan Smith, diplomat 1915 Birthday Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat 1915 Death James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 1914 Birthday John Beith, British diplomat 1914 Birthday Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat, Salamandra, Topoemas 1913 Birthday David Hunt, British diplomat/quiz winner 1913 Birthday Stewart Crawford, British diplomat 1913 Birthday Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist 1912 Birthday Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II, saved 10,000s of Jews 1912 Birthday Derek Riches, diplomat 1912 Birthday Leslie Monson, diplomat 1912 Birthday William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat, Prague 1939 1911 Birthday Denis Wright, diplomat 1911 Birthday Edward Warner, diplomat 1911 Birthday Fitzroy Maclean, British diplomat soldier politician and historian 1910 Birthday Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti 1910 Birthday William Hayter, diplomat 1910 Birthday Bernard Burrows, British diplomat 1910 Birthday Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat 1909 Birthday Andrei Gromyko, U.S.S.R., diplomat/U.S.S.R. President, 1985-89, 7/18 NS] 1909 Birthday Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat 1909 Death Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies 1909 Birthday Patrick Reilly, diplomat 1909 Birthday Patrick Reilly, British diplomat 1909 Birthday Roderick Barclay, diplomat 1909 Birthday Harold Beeley, British diplomat 1909 Birthday U Thant, born in Pantanaw, Burma, born Pantanaw U Thant, diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971 1908 Birthday David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer and politician 1907 Birthday John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat 1907 Birthday Lord Caradon, British Diplomat 1906 Birthday Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat 1906 Birthday William Hayter, diplomat 1906 Birthday Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong 1906 Death Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 1906 Birthday Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat 1906 Birthday H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet 1905 Birthday Jan H van Roijen, diplomat and Netherland foreign minister 1905 Death Lewis Wallace, U.S. diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 1904 Birthday Ralph J Bunche, founder/diplomat, UN, Nobel 1950 1904 Birthday Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat 1904 Birthday Roger Makins, diplomat 1904 Birthday Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president, U.N. General Assembly 1902 Birthday Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize-1982 1902 Birthday Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician 1901 Birthday Edward Lambert, British diplomat 1901 Birthday Carlos P Romulo, Philippine general/diplomat/jurist 1900 Birthday Edward R. Stettinius, U.S., foreign minister, 1944 - 1945, diplomat 1900 Birthday Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat 1899 Birthday Miguel Asturias, Guatemala, poet/diplomat, Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67 1898 Birthday Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat 1897 Birthday Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat/politician 1895 Birthday Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, born in India, diplomat, Asia and Western Dominance 1894 Death Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 1894 Birthday Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs, 1939-46, diplomat 1893 Birthday Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground 1892 Birthday Sumner Welles, U.S. undersecretary/diplomat, Good neighbor policy 1892 Birthday Alexander Loudon, diplomat, Washington 1891 Birthday W. Averell Harriman, Diplomat 1891 Death James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies 1890 Birthday Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat 1889 Birthday Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist 1889 Birthday Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet, historian and diplomat, Higenia Cruel 1889 Birthday Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer and diplomat 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, American Diplomat 1888 Birthday Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat, La Obra de Trajano 1888 Birthday Paul Morand, French Diplomat 1886 Birthday Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1886 Birthday Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat 1886 Birthday Ventura Garcia Calderon, Peruvian diplomat/author 1882 Birthday Neville Henderson, British diplomat 1882 Birthday Philips C. Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat 1882 Death Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66 1880 Birthday Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat 1879 Birthday Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor, 1932 1879 Death Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 1879 Death Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat 1876 Birthday Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat 1875 Birthday Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator 1875 Birthday Enrique Larreta, E R Maza, Argentine diplomat, Gloria de Don Ramiro 1873 Birthday Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat 1872 Birthday Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister 1870 Birthday William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1868 Death Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies 1868 Birthday Paul Claudel, born in France, diplomat/poet, L'Otage-1909 1867 Birthday Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat 1866 Birthday Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat 1865 Birthday Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat, China 1862 Birthday Antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet, Bailatas 1860 Birthday Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize 1921 1859 Birthday Willem J. Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat 1858 Death Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author, poet and diplomat, dies at 73 1856 Birthday Harry A. P. Eyres, British diplomat, Constantinople, Albania 1855 Birthday Juan Zorrilla de San Martin, Uruguay's diplomat/poet, Tabare 1853 Death Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 1852 Birthday Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist 1850 Birthday Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat 1848 Death Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies 1846 Death Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73 1845 Death Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60 1844 Death Nicholas Biddle, U.S. lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 1843 Birthday Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat, Madrid, Constantinople, London 1841 Death Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, British diplomat, dies 1838 Death Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 1838 Death Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1837 Birthday Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, die graue Eminenz 1837 Death Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 1832 Birthday Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexico, writer/diplomat 1827 Death Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies 1824 Birthday Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat/people rights scholar, Calvo Clause 1821 Birthday Vasile Alecsandri, born in Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat 1821 Death Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1819 Birthday James Russell Lowell, poet and critic /diplomat/abolitionist 1817 Birthday Austen H. Layard, British archaeologist and diplomat 1816 Death Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat 1815 Birthday Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat 1813 Death Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 1805 Birthday Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal 1805 Birthday David Tod, U.S. diplomat, Gov-R-Ohio, 1861-63 1802 Death Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies 1801 Death Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 1800 Birthday Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat 1798 Birthday Antonia M B Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat 1791 Birthday John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home 1787 Death Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58 1785 Death Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54 1784 Birthday Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat 1784 Birthday John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English, opera, composer/diplomat 1781 Birthday Andres Bello, Venezuela poet/diplomat/scholar, Silvas Americanas 1777 Birthday Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat 1777 Birthday Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat 1773 Birthday Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat 1770 Birthday Nikita P. Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs 1766 Birthday Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin and Kincardine, British diplomat 1765 Birthday Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat 1762 Death Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77 1754 Birthday Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat 1754 Birthday Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1753 Birthday Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1749 Birthday Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat 1745 Birthday John Jay, diplomat/governor, NY 1741 Death Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies 1737 Death Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55 1731 Death Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67 1731 Death Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75 1728 Birthday Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat 1728 Death Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 1728 Birthday Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium 1726 Birthday Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat 1725 Death Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 1721 Death Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies 1718 Birthday Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat, plot against Peter III 1693 Death Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 1687 Death Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90 1686 Death Adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55 1686 Birthday Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat 1686 Death Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78 1686 Death Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered 1685 Birthday Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat 1682 Birthday Johan W. van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat, baron and duke 1682 Death Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 1681 Death Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 1678 Death Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63 1666 Death Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies 1661 Birthday Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect, Anti-Lucretius 1656 Birthday Adolf H. van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat and politician 1655 Death Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 1654 Birthday Jacob Hop, Dutch politician/diplomat 1649 Death Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Netherlands diplomat, dies at about 89 1649 Death Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered 1643 Death Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61 1641 Death Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 1641 Death Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 1639 Death Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies 1637 Death Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57 1620 Birthday Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat 1615 Birthday Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent/diplomat 1612 Death Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies 1606 Birthday Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian 1596 Birthday Constantine Huygens, Dutch poet/diplomat, Delightful Folly 1590 Death Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 1586 Death Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 1580 Death Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71 1566 Death Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 1546 Death Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies 1546 Death Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 1545 Birthday Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat 1545 Birthday Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat and scholar 1542 Birthday Roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat 1542 Death Hieronymus Aleander, Girolamo Aleandro, Italian diplomat, dies at 61 1539 Death Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65 1536 Death Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle 1524 Birthday Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, Anti-Tribonien 1509 Birthday Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" 1501 Death Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 1490 Death Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 1486 Birthday Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat 1480 Birthday Hieronymus Aleander, Girolamo Aleandro, Italian diplomat/cardinal 1474 Birthday Lorenzo Campeggi, o, archbishop of Bologna/diplomat 1415 Death Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotemata), dies