Historical Events In May - 10
Friday, 03 October 2025
0238 On May - 10 gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
0995 On this day in history boudouin, bishop of Utrecht
1267 On May - 10 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 this day in history.
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 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 On May - 10 columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1525 On May - 10 church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1534 On this day in history french navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
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 On May - 10 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 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.
1570 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on this day in history.
1618 On this day in history 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 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 May - 10.
1652 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on this day in history.
1697 On this day in history jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.
1710 On this day in history georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) on this day in history.
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 May - 10.
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