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

1291  Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I on this day in history.   

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

1427  Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland on May - 10.   

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

1497  On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World   

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 this day in history church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague   

1534  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1536  On May - 10 thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on May - 10.   

1652  John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 10.   

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

1724  On May - 10 johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

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

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

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1265  On May - 10 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  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

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