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  Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb on this day in history.  

1278  Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining on this day in history.  

1291  Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on May - 10.  

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

1427  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on May - 10.  

1493  On May - 10 colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

1497  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World on May - 10.  

1497  On May - 10 italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World  

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1503  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on May - 10.  

1525  On this day in history church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague  

1534  On this day in history 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 May - 10 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  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.  

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 May - 10.  

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  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 May - 10.  

1655  Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.  

1676  On May - 10 bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins  

1676  Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on this day in history.  

1697  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)  

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) on this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.  

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 May - 10.  

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

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

0995  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

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

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