Historical Events In May - 10

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

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  On May - 10 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 this day in history.   

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  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World on May - 10.   

1497  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

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 this day in history.   

1536  On May - 10 thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

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

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

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

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.   

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

1655  Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.   

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

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) on May - 10.   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) on this day in history.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.   

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

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

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

1705  On May - 10 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  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 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 this day in history.   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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