Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1267  On this day in history vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb   

1278  On this day in history jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining   

1291  On May - 10 scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I   

1424  On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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

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

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   

1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

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 this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 May - 10.   

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 May - 10.   

1655  On this day in history jamaica captured by English   

1676  On this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins   

1676  On this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins   

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

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

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

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

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