Historical Events In May - 10

0238  On May - 10 gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

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

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 this day in history.   

1291  On this day in history scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I   

1424  On May - 10 go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1427  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on May - 10.   

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

1503  On May - 10 columbus discovers Cayman Islands   

1525  On May - 10 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 May - 10.   

1559  On May - 10 scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary   

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

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 this day in history jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist   

1637  On May - 10 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  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 10 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  On this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins   

1697  On this day in history jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

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

1730  On May - 10 george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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

1536  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On this day in history 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  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

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 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 May - 10.   

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

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