What happend on 19th May

18.05
20.05
1921

The Emergency Quota Act passes the U.S. Congress establishing national quotas on immigration.

1919

In Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk moves to Samsun from Istanbul with a few followers, to oppose the Ottoman government, which eventually leads to the Turkish War of Independence.

1897

Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.

1848

Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of five other modern-day U.S. states to the USA for USD $15 million.

1828

U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.

1802

The Légion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte.

1780

Never-explained complete darkness falls on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 2 pm.

1749

King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

1649

An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.