Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I   

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

1427  On May - 10 jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland   

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

1497  On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World   

1497  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on this day in history.   

1503  On May - 10 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  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  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.   

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  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 May - 10.   

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

1653  On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61   

1655  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.   

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on May - 10.   

1710  On this day in history georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46   

1724  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On May - 10 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 May - 10.   

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

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

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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