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Oliva (Village in Prussia)

a village in Prussia, in the province of East Prussia, not far from Danzig. In a Cistercian abbey in this village a peace was concluded, May 3, 1660, which terminated the war between Sweden, Poland, the emperor, and Bran denburg.

OLIVÁREZ, GASPARO DE GUZ- MAN, COUNT OF, DUKE OF SAN LU- CAR, an Italian statesman; born in Rome, Italy, where his father was ambassador, Jan. 6, 1587. He became the COUNT OF OLIVÁREZ friend of Philip IV., his confidant in his amours, and afterward his prime minister, in which capacity he exercised almost unlimited power for 22 years. Olivárez showed ability for government; but his constant endeavor was to wring money from the country that he might carry on wars against Portugal, France, and the Netherlands, provoked insurrections in Catalonia and Andalusia, and roused the Portuguese to shake off the Spanish yoke in 1640. The king was obliged to dismiss his favorite in 1643. He was ordered to retire to Toro (Zamora), and died there July 22, 1645.