Historical Events In May - 10

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

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

1427  On this day in history jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland   

1493  Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World   

1497  On May - 10 italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World   

1503  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on May - 10.   

1525  On May - 10 church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague   

1534  French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland on May - 10.   

1534  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

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

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 May - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1652  On May - 10 john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA   

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  On this day in history jamaica captured by English   

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 May - 10 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  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 May - 10.   

1730  On this day in history george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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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  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On May - 10 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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 10.   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer