1017
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 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 |
Year 1017 (MXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
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 II (the Unready). Cnut secures his ties with Normandy.[1]
- Cnut the Great 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
- Rajendra I, ruler of the Chola Dynasty (modern India), conquers Sri Lanka and annexes the island.[3]
By topic
Religion
- Construction of Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev is started (approximate date).
Births
- October 28 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056) [4]
- Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet (d. 1060)
- Bermudo III (or Vermudo III), king of León (approximate date)
- Floris I, count of Friesland west of the Vlie (approximate date)
- Ramanuja, Indian Sri Vaishnavism philosopher (d. 1137)
- Vikramabahu (or Kassapa), 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, 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
- ^ a b Palmer & Palmer 1992.
- ^ Meynier 2010.
- ^ Agnihotri 2010.
- ^ "Henry III - Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
Sources
- Agnihotri, V. K. (2010). "South India". Indian History with Objective Questions and Historical Maps (26 ed.). Allied Publishers. p. 59. ISBN 978-8184243406.
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- 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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- Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd / Barrie & Jenkins. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0712656160.
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