Almagro

Diego d’, a Spanish conquistador, was born in 1464 or 1475, and was a foundling who derived his name from the town near which he was found. After serving in the army, he sailed to seek his fortune in the New World, where he ama ed considerable wealth by plunder, and became one of the leading members of the young colony of Darlien. In 1522 he formed, with Pizarro, the design of conquering Peru -——~an undertaking crowned 10 years afterward with marvellous succe . Receiving permi ion from the Spanish court to conquer for himself a special proyince S. of Pizarro’s territory, he marched on Chile in 1536, penetrated as far as the Coquimbo, and returned in 1537, just when the Peruvians had: flown to arms and shut up the Spanjards in Cuzco and Lima. As these towns lay S. of Pizarro’s district, they were claimed by Almagro. He dispersed the Peruvian army before Cuzco, and advanced against Lima, hoping | to make himself sole master of the country. But on April 6, 1538, he was defeated in a desperate engagement with the Spaniards under Pizarro near Cuzco; and on the 26th he was; strangled in prison, and his corpse beheaded in the market place of Cuzco. His half-caste son, Diego, collecting some hundreds of his father’s followers, stormed Tizarro’s palace, and | slew him (1541); then proclaimed himself captain-general of Peru; but, defeated in the bloody battle of Chupas, Sept. 16, 1542, he was executed along with 40 of his companions.. Almanac, an annual compilation, based on the calendar, embracing information pertinent to the various days of the year, the seasons, etc.,| with astronomical calculations and! miscellaneous intelligence more or le | detailed, according to the special purpose for which it is prepared. _Alma-Tadema, Sir Laurenz, dis— tinguished figure painter, born in Fries land, Jan, 8, i300; educated pd at_ the Antwerp Academy; elected to the ne Academy, London, | in 1879; officer of the Tegion of Honor, 1878; and member of the leading academies of Europe; studio in London. He died June 24, 1912.