Events on May 10 in history

William Penn (Royal Navy officer) (May 10, 1655)

England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.

Sir William Penn (23 April 1621 – 16 September 1670) was an English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1670. He was the father of William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (today, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania).

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Events on 1655

8 Mar

Thirteen Colonies
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
25 Mar

Titan (moon)
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
31 Jul

Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
8 Sep

Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
18 Dec

Edict of Expulsion
The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.

Events on May 10 in history

William Penn (Royal Navy officer) (May 10, 1655)

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Events on 1655

Thirteen Colonies

Titan (moon)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Charles X Gustav of Sweden

Edict of Expulsion