Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  On this day in history boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

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

1278  Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining on May - 10.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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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  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  Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on May - 10.  

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

1569  On this day in history juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer  

1570  On this day in history czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant  

1618  On May - 10 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer on this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history gallus Zeiler, composer  

1710  On May - 10 georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46  

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  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 this day in history.  

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.  

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

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.  

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

1724  On May - 10 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 this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)  

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

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

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.