Events
| Crime/Disasters | Albert Hicks, the United States' last pirate, goes on trial for his life in New York city |
05/14/1860 to 05/18/1860 |
| US/the World | First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in Washington D.C. | 05/14/1860 |
| US/the World | Giuseppe Garibaldi declares himself "Dictator of Sicily" | 05/14/1860 |
| Education/Culture | In London, Adelina Patti makes her European operatic debut at Covent Garden aged nineteen | 05/14/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Warrant issued for arrest of the New York City Postmaster after a $155,500 embezzlement discovered | 05/14/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Activity of the African Slave Trade,” May 14, 1860 | 05/14/1860 |