1497
Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador, conquered northern Chile (died 1553)
Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador, conquered northern Chile (died 1553)
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conquistador (1497–1553)
- Born
- 1497
Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva was a Spanish conquistador and the first Governor of Colonial Chile. After having served with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1535, where he served as a soldier under the Pizarro brothers in Peru, gradually rising in power.