1017
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Ancient Olympiads' not found. 1017 (MXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 11th century, and the 8th year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1017, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1014 1015 1016 – 1017 – 1018 1019 1020 |
Events
By place
Europe
- c. May – Melus of Bari begins a rebellion, supported by Norman mercenaries. His forces are victorious in three battles against the Byzantine Empire.
- c. July – Cnut the Great, King of England, marries Emma of Normandy, widow of the monarch known as Æthelred.[1]
- Cnut divides England into the four Earldoms of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria.[1]
- Kiev burns. Possible date at which construction of Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, is started.
Asia
- Abd-ar-Rahman IV replaces Suleiman II as Umayyad caliph.
- 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
Births
Deaths
- July 6 – Genshin, Japanese schoolar (b. 942)
- Abd-ar-Rahman IV, Umayyad caliph
- Eadric Streona, Earldorman of Mercia
- Elvira of Castile (daughter of García I), Regent of Leon (b. 965)
- Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona, (b. 972)
1017 Media
Sculpture of Rajendra I (r. 1014–1044)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Palmer, Alan Warwick. The Chronology of British History (1992). London: Century Ltd. p. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.48.