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 this day in history.   

1278  On this day in history jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining   

1291  Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on this day in history.   

1424  On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1427  On May - 10 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  On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World   

1503  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on this day in history.   

1525  Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on May - 10.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1570  On this day in history czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant   

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 May - 10 jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist   

1637  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1652  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 jamaica captured by English   

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

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

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

1705  On May - 10 gallus Zeiler, composer   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1727  On May - 10 anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

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

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

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

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

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

1727  On May - 10 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 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  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

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

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