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  On May - 10 vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb   

1278  Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining on May - 10.   

1291  On May - 10 scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I   

1424  On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1427  On May - 10 jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland   

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  Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on May - 10.   

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  On May - 10 thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

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

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

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

1570  Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant on May - 10.   

1618  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1655  On this day in history jamaica captured by English   

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

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

1697  On May - 10 jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer on this day in history.   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) on this day in history.   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) on May - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.   

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 May - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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