Historical Events In May - 10
Monday, 18 March 2024
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 this day in history.
1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on this day in history.
1424 On this day in history 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 On May - 10 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 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland on May - 10.
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 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 On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
1569 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.
1570 On this day in history 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 Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist on this day in history.
1637 On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
1652 On May - 10 john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA
1652 On May - 10 john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
1653 On this day in history john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
1655 On this day in history jamaica captured by English
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 Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer on this day in history.
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 On May - 10 anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) on May - 10.
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