Year 1017 (MXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | |
Decades: | |
Years: |
Gregorian calendar | 1017 MXVII |
Ab urbe condita | 1770 |
Armenian calendar | 466 ԹՎ ՆԿԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 5767 |
Balinese saka calendar | 938–939 |
Bengali calendar | 424 |
Berber calendar | 1967 |
English Regnal year | N/A |
Buddhist calendar | 1561 |
Burmese calendar | 379 |
Byzantine calendar | 6525–6526 |
Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3714 or 3507 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3715 or 3508 |
Coptic calendar | 733–734 |
Discordian calendar | 2183 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1009–1010 |
Hebrew calendar | 4777–4778 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1073–1074 |
- Shaka Samvat | 938–939 |
- Kali Yuga | 4117–4118 |
Holocene calendar | 11017 |
Igbo calendar | 17–18 |
Iranian calendar | 395–396 |
Islamic calendar | 407–408 |
Japanese calendar | Chōwa 6 / Kannin 1 (寛仁元年) |
Javanese calendar | 919–920 |
Julian calendar | 1017 MXVII |
Korean calendar | 3350 |
Minguo calendar | 895 before ROC 民前895年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −451 |
Seleucid era | 1328/1329 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1559–1560 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1143 or 762 or −10 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1144 or 763 or −9 |
Events
Europe
- Summer – Melus of Bari, a Lombard nobleman, revolts and is supported by Norman mercenaries at Capua. He marches into Apulia to catch the Byzantine army off-guard. Melus defeats the Byzantines on the banks of the Fortore River and ravages the territory in Apulia.
- Winter – Emperor Basil II ("the Bulgar Slayer") replaces Leo Tornikios with the new catapan Basil Boioannes and sends him reinforcements (including a detachment of the elite Varangian Guard) from Constantinople.
England
- January 6 – Cnut ("the Great") is crowned king of England. In July he marries Emma of Normandy, the widow of Æthelred the Unready, securing his ties with Normandy.[1]
- Cnut divides England into four earldoms: Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria.[1]
Arabian Empire
- Summer – Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad publicly declares the founding of the Druze religion, during the reign of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
Africa
- The Sunnis of Kairouan (modern Tunisia) revolt against the Shi'ite Zirid dynasty. The city is quickly retaken and sacked.[2]
Asia
- March – Fujiwara no Michinaga passes the title of regent of Japan (Sesshō) to his eldest son Fujiwara no Yorimichi.
- September
- Prince Atsuakira of Japan, eldest son of ex-Emperor Sanjō, having been struck by a skin disease and under intense pressure from Michinaga, resigns the title of Crown Prince in favour of his younger brother, Prince Atsunaga[3] who marries Fujiwara no Kanshi, daughter of Michinaga.
- Michinaga makes a pilgrimage to the Iwashimizu Shrine in Japan accompanied by many courtiers. The travelers divide themselves amongst 15 boats for a floating trip down the Yotogawa River. One of the vessels overturns and more than 30 people lose their lives.[3]
- December 24 – Michinaga is granted the honorary title Daijō-daijin of Japan.
- Rajendra I, ruler of the Chola dynasty (in modern India), conquers Sri Lanka and annexes the island.[4]
By topic
Religion
- Construction of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv is started (approximate date).
Births
- October 28 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056) [5]
- Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet (d. 1060)
- Bermudo III (or Vermudo), king of León (approximate date)
- Floris I, count of Friesland west of the Vlie (approximate date)
- Ramanuja, Indian Sri Vaishnavism philosopher (d. 1137)
- Vikramabahu (Kassapa VI), king of Sri Lanka (d. 1041)
- Zhou Dunyi, Chinese philosopher and cosmologist (d. 1073)
Deaths
- February 5 – Sancho García, count of Castile
- June 5 – Sanjō, ex-emperor of Japan (b. 976)
- June 22 – Leo Passianos, Byzantine general
- July 6 – Genshin, Japanese Tendai scholar (b. 942)
- September 18 – Henry of Schweinfurt, German nobleman
- October 6 – Wang Dan, Chinese Grand Chancellor
- Eadric Streona, ealdorman of Mercia
- Eadwig Ætheling, son of Æthelred II
- Elvira of Castile, queen consort of León
- Emnilda, duchess consort of Poland
- Fujiwara no Junshi, Japanese empress (b. 957)
- Judith of Brittany, duchess of Normandy (b. 982)
- Ma'mun II, Ma'munid ruler of Khwarezm
- Ramon Borrell, count of Barcelona (b. 972)
- Renaud of Vendôme, French nobleman
References
Sources
- Agnihotri, V. K. (2010). "South India". Indian History with Objective Questions and Historical Maps (26 ed.). Allied Publishers. p. 59. ISBN 978-8184243406.
- Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518) (in French). Paris: La Découverte. ISBN 978-2707152312.
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