Historical Events In May - 10

0238  Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining  

1291  On this day in history scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I  

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

1427  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on this day in history.  

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  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on this day in history.  

1525  On May - 10 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 May - 10.  

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

1559  On this day in history scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary  

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

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

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on this day in history.  

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

1652  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA on May - 10.  

1652  On this day in history 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  Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.  

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

1705  On May - 10 gallus Zeiler, composer  

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

1724  On May - 10 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  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.  

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

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

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 May - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.  

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