Historical Events In May - 10
Friday, 26 July 2024
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 May - 10.
1278 On May - 10 jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 On this day in history scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
1424 On this day in history go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
1427 On this day in history 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 May - 10.
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on this day in history.
1503 On this day in history columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague on May - 10.
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 Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall on May - 10.
1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary on this day in history.
1566 On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
1569 On May - 10 juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
1570 On May - 10 czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
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 On this day in history john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA
1652 On May - 10 john Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
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 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins on May - 10.
1697 On this day in history jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 On this day in history gallus Zeiler, composer
1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on May - 10.
1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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