Historical Events In May - 10

0238  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I  

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

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  On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World  

1503  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on May - 10.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist  

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  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 May - 10.  

1655  On May - 10 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  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer on May - 10.  

1705  On May - 10 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 May - 10.  

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

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

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1265  On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)  

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

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

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  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  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.  

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

1521  On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

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.