917
This article is about the year 917. For the number, see 917 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 880s 890s 900s – 910s – 920s 930s 940s |
| Years: | 914 915 916 – 917 – 918 919 920 |
| 917 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 917 CMXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1670 |
| Armenian calendar | 366 Ô¹ÕŽ Õ…Ô¿Ô¶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5667 |
| Bengali calendar | 324 |
| Berber calendar | 1867 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1461 |
| Burmese calendar | 279 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6425–6426 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙åå¹´ (Fire Rat) 3613 or 3553 — to — ä¸ä¸‘å¹´ (Fire Ox) 3614 or 3554 |
| Coptic calendar | 633–634 |
| Discordian calendar | 2083 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 909–910 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4677–4678 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 973–974 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 839–840 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4018–4019 |
| Holocene calendar | 10917 |
| Iranian calendar | 295–296 |
| Islamic calendar | 304–305 |
| Japanese calendar | Engi 17 (延喜１７年) |
| Julian calendar | 917 CMXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3250 |
| Minguo calendar | 995 before ROC æ°‘å‰995å¹´ |
| Seleucid era | 1228/1229 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1459–1460 |
Year 917 (CMXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- September 5 – The Great Yue Kingdom, later renamed Southern Han, is founded by Liu Yan in Panyu (modern-day Guangdong) and Guangxi.
Europe
- August 20 – Battle of Achelous: A large-scale Byzantine expedition against Bulgaria is routed by Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
- A Hungarian army, after attacking Swabia, conquers the city of Basel. Then they enter Lorraine, burn Verdun and many monasteries. Prince Arnulf, with Hungarian military aid, reconquers his land from the German king Conrad I. After this event, Bavaria and Swabia accept to pay tribute to the Hungarians.
Births
Deaths
- Frederonne, first wife of King Charles III of France
- Al-'Abbas ibn 'Amr al-Ghanawi, Abbasid general and governor
- January/February – Hasan al-Utrush, Zaydi imam and ruler of Tabaristan (b. ca. 844)
- August 5 – Patriarch Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. ca. 834)
- August 20 – Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
References
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