1917

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1880s  1890s  1900s 1910s 1920s  1930s  1940s
Years: 1914 1915 191619171918 1919 1920
1917 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1917
MCMXVII
Ab urbe condita2670
Armenian calendar1366
ԹՎ ՌՅԿԶ
Assyrian calendar6667
Bahá'í calendar73–74
Bengali calendar1324
Berber calendar2867
British Regnal year7 Geo. 5  8 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar2461
Burmese calendar1279
Byzantine calendar7425–7426
Chinese calendar丙辰(Fire Dragon)
4613 or 4553
     to 
丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
4614 or 4554
Coptic calendar1633–1634
Discordian calendar3083
Ethiopian calendar1909–1910
Hebrew calendar5677–5678
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1973–1974
 - Shaka Samvat1839–1840
 - Kali Yuga5018–5019
Holocene calendar11917
Igbo calendar917–918
Iranian calendar1295–1296
Islamic calendar1335–1336
Japanese calendarTaishō 6
(大正6年)
Juche calendar6
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4250
Minguo calendarROC 6
民國6年
Thai solar calendar2459–2460
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1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s decade. Note that the Julian day for 1917 is 13 calendar days difference, which continued to be used from 1582 until the complete conversion of the Gregorian calendar was entirely done in 1929.

Events

Below, events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.

January

February

President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany

March

April

Lenin

May

June

July

August

September

October

Brazilian President Venceslau Brás signs a declaration of war against the Central Powers

November

December

Date unknown

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

Deaths

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AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

Nobel Prizes

References

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  4. Pravda.
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