Historical Events In May - 10

0238  Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1267  On May - 10 vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb   

1278  Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining on this day in history.   

1291  Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on this day in history.   

1424  On May - 10 go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1427  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on this day in history.   

1493  Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1497  On May - 10 italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World   

1497  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on May - 10.   

1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

1525  On this day in history church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague   

1534  On May - 10 french navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland   

1534  On this day in history off Cape Bonavista Newfoundland Jacques Cartier 1491-1557 sights Cape Bonavista after three week crossing from France; stopped ten days by ice; then skirts east coast of Newfoundland; his first voyage to Canada   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall on this day in history.   

1559  On May - 10 scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary   

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.   

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.   

1618  On this day in history haeuik Claezoon Van Hillegom, captain of the Dutch ship Zeewolf, records that he has sighted the coast of what is later to be named Australia.   

1624  Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist on this day in history.   

1637  On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37   

1652  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1655  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.   

1676  On May - 10 bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins   

1676  On this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins   

1697  On this day in history jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on May - 10.   

1724  On May - 10 johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On this day in history anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) on May - 10.   

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On May - 10 birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

0238  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer