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 this day in history.   

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 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  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 10.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall on this day in history.   

1559  Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on this day in history.   

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

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

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on this day in history.   

1618  On May - 10 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.   

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  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va on this day in history.   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1655  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.   

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

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  Gallus Zeiler, composer on May - 10.   

1710  On May - 10 georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) on May - 10.   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) on this day in history.   

1730  On May - 10 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  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.   

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

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 May - 10.   

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

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

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

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

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

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

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

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