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 May - 10.   

1267  Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb on May - 10.   

1278  Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining on May - 10.   

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  On this day in history jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland   

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

1497  On this day in history 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  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on May - 10.   

1525  Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on this day in history.   

1534  French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland on this day in history.   

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

1559  On May - 10 scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on May - 10.   

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

1655  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.   

1676  On this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins   

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

1697  On this day in history jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  On this day in history gallus Zeiler, composer   

1710  On this day in history georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46   

1724  On May - 10 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 May - 10.   

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

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.   

1697  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

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

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.