Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  On May - 10 boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

1267  On May - 10 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  On this day in history jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland  

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 May - 10.  

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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 May - 10.  

1534  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1559  Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1624  Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist on this day in history.  

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1652  On May - 10 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 May - 10.  

1653  On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61  

1655  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.  

1676  Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins on May - 10.  

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

1697  On May - 10 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  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)  

1727  On May - 10 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.  

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.  

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

1493  On this day in history death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

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

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

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