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Pizarro (pi-zä'rō; Sp. pron. pē-thär'rō), Francisco. Born at Trujillo, Estremadura, about 1471: died at Lima, June 26, 1541. A Spanish soldier, conqueror of Peru. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish officer under whom he served in Italy. It is not known when he went to America, and he first appears at Darien, where, for a short time, he was left in charge of the colony (1510). He was with Balboa in the discovery of the Pacific (1513); and in 1519 settled at Pa. Placid i a hualpa. He went back to Peru; commanded in the de fense of Cuzco against Manco Inca in 1536; and was seized by Almagro, April 18, 1537, but was released on his prom ise the country. Instead of doing so, he took command of his brother's army; defeated Almagro at Las Salinas, April 26, 1538; and put him to death. For this conduct he was afterward kept in mild confinement in Spain for 20 years (1540-60). During this period he married an illegitimate daughter of Francisco Pizarro (a granddaughter of Huaina Capac), and had three children. Pizarro, Pedro. Born at Toledo, 1514: died in Peru after 1571. Cousin of Francisco Pizarro, who employed him as a page in 1530. He was an eye-witne of most of the scenes in the conquest of Peru, and during the rebellion of Gonzalo Pizarro narrowly escaped hanging because he sided with the king. In 1571 he finished his "Relaciones del descubrimiento y con quist a de los Reynos del Perú," one of the best author i nam a. Here, in 1522, he joined with Diego de Almagro ties on the conquest. It was first published in Vol. V of and a priest named Hernando de Luque in a scheme for conquest toward the south, whence rumors had come of a rich empire. They purchased two small ve els, and Pizarro left Panama Nov. 14, 1524, with one ship and about 100 men, following the coast to about lat. 7° N. After enduring great suffering, he was obliged to return. Alma gro, who had sailed later and pa ed him, met with no bet ter succe . Aided by Gaspar de Espinosa they sailed the "Documentos inéditos para la hist or i a de España." Pizarro e Araujo (pē-zärö ē ä-rouʼzhë), José de Souza Azevedo. Born at Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 12, 1753: died there, May 14, 1830. A Brazilian historian. He took orders and occupied various ecclesiastical positions at Rio de Janeiro, besides traveling extensively in the interior. His "Me morias historic as da capitani a do Rio de Janeiro, e das demais capitani as do Brazil" (9 vols. 1820-22) is one of the most important works on the history of Brazil. again in larger ve els (about Sept., 1526), penetrated to the equator, and saw large cities and evidences of wealth. Almagro now returned for reinforcements, leaving Pizarro and a part of the men on the little island of Gallo (lat. 1° Panama, Los Rios, refused to authorize further explora52' N.), where they suffered greatly. The new governor of tion, and sent two ships to take Pizarro off; but he, with 16 of his men, chose to remain rather than give up the scheme, and was left on the island. Another ve el arrived about Dec., 1527, with positive orders to take them off; but, instead of obeying, they used the ve el for further exploration. This time they reached Tumbez and other Inca towns, were well received, saw evidences of great wealth, and at length returned to Panama with the a urance that they had discovered the long-sought southern empire. Pizarro now hastened to Spain, where (July nina chain, and the culminating summit of the 26, 1529) he received a conce ion to conquer and govern Rhætian Alps, situated in the canton of Grisouth in Jan., 1531, with 3 ve els and 185 men; landed at sons, Switzerland, south of the Upper Eng a the island of Puna in the Gulf of Guayaquil, where he dine. Height, 13,295 feet. Pizarro y Orellana (pē-thär'rō ēō-rāl-yäʼnä), Fernando. Born about 1595: died after 1639. Great-grandson of Francisco Pizarro through his daughter Francisca who married Hernando Pizarro. In 1639 he published "Varones i lustres del Nuevo Mundo," which gives the most extended account of the conqueror of Peru, and biographies of Columbus, Ojeda, Cortés, Juan, Hernando and Gonzalo Pizarro, Diego de Almagro, and Diego Garcia de Paredes. Pityusæ (pit-i-ūsē). [Gr. Πιτυοῦσαι .] In an- cient geography, the two islands of the Bale- aric group now called Iviza and Form enter a. Piura (pē-ö'rä). 1. The northwesternmost de- part ment of Peru, bordering on Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean. Area, about 15,500 square miles. Population (1876), 135,502.-2. The capi- tal of the department of Piura, situated the Returning to Panama, Pizarro sailed for the coast in lat. 5o 12' S. It was founded by Pizarro. Population, about 10,000. Pius (pī'us) I. Bishop of Rome 142-156. Pius II. (Enea Silvio Piccolo mini, Latinized as Æneas Sylvius). Born near Siena, Italy, Oct. 18, 1405: died Aug. 15, 1464. Роре 1458-64. He studied at the universities of Siena and Florence, and in 1431 became secretary to the Bishop of Fermo, whom he accompanied to the Council of Basel. Heat first supported the council in its contest with Pope Eugenius IV., but afterward sided with Eugenius against the council.pe He as for a time poet laureate at the court of the emperor Frederick III. He was appointed cardinal in 1456, and ascended the papal throne in 1458. He wrote an erotic novel "Eurialus and Lucretia,” and “Commentaries" relating to his own times. Pius III. (Francesco To des chin i). Born at Siena, Italy, 1439: died Oct. 18, 1503. Pope Sept.-Oct., 1503. Pius IV. (Giovanni Angelo Medici). Born at Milan, 1499: died Dec. 9, 1565. Pope 1559-65. He reopened the Council of Trent in 1562, and i ued a bull confirming its decisions in 1564. Pius V. (Michele Ghislieri). Born at Bosco, near Milan, 1504: died May 1, 1572. Pope 15661572. Pius VI. (Giovanni Angelo Braschi). Born at Cesena, Italy, Dec. 27, 1717: died at Valence, France, Aug. 29, 1799. Pope 1775-99. The French stripped him of parts of his dominions in 1791 and 1796, and of the remainder in 1798. In 1798 he was carried as a prisoner to Valence, in France, where he died. Pius VII. (Gregorio Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti). Born at Cesena, Italy, Aug. 14, 1742: died Aug. 20, 1823. Pope 1800-23. He ratified the concordat with France in 1801, and consecrated Napoleon as emperor in 1804. His opposition to French aggre ion brought on the annexation of the Papal States to France in 1809, and his own imprisonment first in Italy and after ward in France 1809-14. He was restored to Rome and to his temporal dominions in 1814. Pius VIII. (Francesco Xaviero Castiglioni). Born at Cingoli, near Ancona, Italy, Nov. 20, 1761: died at Rome, Nov. 30, 1830. Pope 1829 1830.