Historical Events In May - 10

0238  Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on May - 10.  

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  On May - 10 jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining  

1291  On this day in history scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I  

1424  Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.  

1427  On this day in history jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland  

1493  On this day in history colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

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 May - 10.  

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1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands  

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 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  On May - 10 thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall  

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

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

1569  On May - 10 juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer  

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on this day in history.  

1618  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 on this day in history.  

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

1637  On this day in history 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 May - 10.  

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

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

1655  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 May - 10.  

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.  

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

1536  On May - 10 birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall  

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)  

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

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

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.  

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

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)  

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.  

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10.  

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

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.  

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