Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

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  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on this day in history.   

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 this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World   

1503  On May - 10 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 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  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall on May - 10.   

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

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.   

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  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA on May - 10.   

1652  On this day in history 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 this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins   

1676  Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on this day in history.   

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

1705  On May - 10 gallus Zeiler, composer   

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 May - 10.   

1730  On this day in history 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  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1730  On this day in history 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  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

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  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

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