Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

1267  Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb on May - 10.   

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  On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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 this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

1525  Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on May - 10.   

1534  French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland on this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

1559  Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on this day in history.   

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

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

1570  On May - 10 czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant   

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 May - 10.   

1624  On May - 10 jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist   

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 10.   

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

1705  On this day in history gallus Zeiler, composer   

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

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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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

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

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

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.   

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

0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

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

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

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

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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