Alachua County, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Alachua County, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died
St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.
Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
On May 19, 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.
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