Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  On May - 10 boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

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  On May - 10 scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I   

1424  Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10.   

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 May - 10 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  Columbus discovers Cayman Islands on May - 10.   

1525  Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on this day in history.   

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

1559  Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on May - 10.   

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

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  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on May - 10.   

1652  On May - 10 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 May - 10.   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on May - 10.   

1655  Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

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

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  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.   

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

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

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

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

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

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