Birthdays
Arthur Pendleton Bagby
Turns 27 on this date
Joseph Conrad
Turns 32 on this date
Charles Henry Kalbfus
Turns 26 on this date
Joseph Warren Revere
Turns 48 on this date
Bayard Wilkeson
Turns 16 on this date
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 Embassy to the United States received officially at the White House | 05/17/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Republican National Convention meets in Chicago, Illinois |
05/16/1860 to 05/18/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Cultural | TSV Munchen athletics club founded in Munich, Bavaria | 05/17/1860 |
Documents
| Miscellaneous | Abraham Lincoln's Endorsement on the Margin of the Missouri Democrat, May 17, 1860 | 05/17/1860 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Convention Week in Chicago," May 17, 1860 | 05/17/1860 |
| Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Slave Trade in New York,” May 17, 1860 | 05/17/1860 |
| Book | Recollection by Henry C. Whitney, Republican National Convention, May 16-18, 1860 |
05/16/1860 to 05/18/1860 |
| Newspaper | Recollection by Murat Halstead, Republican National Convention, May 16-18, 1860 |
05/16/1860 to 05/18/1860 |