Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In May - 10
Monday, 13 January 2025
0238 On May - 10 gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered 
0995 On this day in history boudouin, bishop of Utrecht
1267 On this day in history vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 On May - 10 jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on May - 10.
1424 On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
1427 On May - 10 jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1493 Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World on May - 10.
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on this day in history.
1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on this day in history.
1525 On May - 10 church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1534 On this day in history french navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1534 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 on May - 10.
1536 On this day in history thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
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 May - 10.
1570 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on this day in history.
1618 On May - 10 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 May - 10.
1637 On this day in history susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
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 Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins on this day in history.
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on this day in history.
1697 Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer on this day in history.
1705 Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.
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 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
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