Luis de Onís, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luis de Onís

Spanish diplomat

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1762

Place of Birth: Cantalapiedra, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 17-May-1827

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Luis de Onís y González-Vara (June 4, 1762 – May 17, 1827) was a career Spanish diplomat who served as Spanish Envoy to the United States from 1809 to 1819, and is remembered for negotiating the cession of Florida to the US in the Adams–Onís Treaty with United States Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, in 1819.