Historical Events In May - 10
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0238 On May - 10 gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
0995 Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.
1267 On May - 10 vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 On this day in history jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on this day in history.
1424 On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
1427 On this day in history jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1493 Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World on May - 10.
1497 On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World
1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on this day in history.
1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on this day in history.
1534 On May - 10 french navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1534 On May - 10 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 May - 10.
1559 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1570 On May - 10 czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
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 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on May - 10.
1652 On this day in history john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA
1652 On May - 10 john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
1653 On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
1655 On May - 10 jamaica captured by English
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins on May - 10.
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on May - 10.
1697 On May - 10 jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 On this day in history gallus Zeiler, composer
1710 On May - 10 georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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