Birthdays
David Wyatt Aiken
Turns 32 on this date
Patrick Edward Connor
Turns 40 on this date
Moncure Daniel Conway
Turns 28 on this date
John Covode
Turns 52 on this date
Martin Jenkins Crawford
Turns 40 on this date
Thomas Morris Gunn
Turns 20 on this date
Jacob Hoke
Turns 35 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | California enacts law to protect young dancing girls | 03/17/1860 |
| US/the World | First Japanese warship arrives in San Francisco Bay | 03/17/1860 |
| Foreign | Hostilities break out in New Zealand between British authorities and the native Maori | 03/17/1860 |
| Foreign | Italian provinces of Romagna, Emilia, and Tuscany vote for annexation by Piedmont-Sardinia | 03/17/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln claims he cannot raise $10,000 for campaign even to save himself from "fate of John Brown" | 03/17/1860 |
| Legal/Political | Lincoln visits dying political ally | 03/17/1860 |
| Foreign | Miramón forces besieging Vera Cruz subject the port to a sustained bombardment |
03/15/1860 to 03/20/1860 |
| Business/Industry | Pony Express plans to deliver mail from New York to San Francisco in nine days | 03/17/1860 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Sam Houston sends Texas Rangers after Comanche Indians | 03/17/1860 |
Pages
Documents
| Newspaper | (Montpelier) Vermont Patriot,“For President In 1860, Stephen A. Douglas,” March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to E. Stafford, March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Diary | Entry by Edward Bates, March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Diary | Entry by Francis Hall, March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Diary | Entry by Henry David Thoreau, March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Letter | James A. Briggs to Salmon Portland Chase, March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Kellogg on Douglas,” March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, "Democratic National Convention," March 17, 1860 | 03/17/1860 |