1632 March, a 2000 guilder price is put on the head of Grotius. April 17, flees Holland for Hamburg, Germany. He spends three years in Germany. 1634 Appointed Ambassador of Sweden to France in Paris by Count Axel Oxenstierna. Begins his diplomatic duties in Paris.
Helps negotiate a treaty for ending the Thirty Years War.
December 30, Grotius is relieved form the position of Ambassador in Paris. He received a letter of recall from Queen Christina. 1645 March, takes family and leaves for Stockholm, Sweden to take on another position. He gets shipwrecked after sailing across the Baltic Sea. August 13, sails for Lubeck but has to land eight days later because of severe storms.