Historical Events In May - 10

0238  On May - 10 gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered  

0995  On May - 10 boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

1267  Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb on this day in history.  

1278  Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining on this day in history.  

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

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

1427  On May - 10 jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland  

1493  On May - 10 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  

1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands  

1525  Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on May - 10.  

1534  On May - 10 french navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland  

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  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  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.  

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  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  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 May - 10 jamaica captured by English  

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

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 May - 10 gallus Zeiler, composer  

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

1724  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)  

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

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

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

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 May - 10.  

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

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0238  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered  

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

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  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 May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

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