Historical Events In May - 10

0238  On this day in history 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 May - 10 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 this day in history.   

1427  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on this day in history.   

1493  On May - 10 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  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 this day in history.   

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 May - 10 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1624  Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist on this day in history.   

1637  On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37   

1652  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61   

1655  On this day in history jamaica captured by English   

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

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

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.   

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

1724  On May - 10 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  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) on May - 10.   

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1265  On May - 10 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  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

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 May - 10.   

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

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

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

1424  On this day in history 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