Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1427  On May - 10 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 May - 10.   

1503  On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

1525  On this day in history church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague   

1534  On May - 10 french navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 10 john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA   

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  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.   

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

1676  Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on May - 10.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 10.   

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

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.   

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

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.   

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

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

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

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.