Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

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

1278  On May - 10 jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining   

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 this day in history.   

1493  Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

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.   

1503  On May - 10 columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

1525  On May - 10 church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague   

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 May - 10.   

1559  Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on May - 10.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

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

1570  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 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  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va on May - 10.   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on May - 10.   

1655  On this day in history jamaica captured by English   

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

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

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer on May - 10.   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on May - 10.   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on May - 10.   

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

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 May - 10.   

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

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

1697  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

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 May - 10.   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.   

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

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer