Historical Events In May - 10

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

0995  Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1267  On May - 10 vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb   

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 May - 10.   

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

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 May - 10.   

1503  On May - 10 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  On this day in history 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 May - 10 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 this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history 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 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 May - 10.   

1653  On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61   

1655  Jamaica captured by English on May - 10.   

1676  On May - 10 bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins   

1676  On this day in history bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins   

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 May - 10.   

1724  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

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

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

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.   

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

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

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 this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)   

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

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer