1117

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1080s  1090s  1100s  – 1110s –  1120s  1130s  1140s
Years:	1114 1115 1116 – 1117 – 1118 1119 1120

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1117 (MCXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1117th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 117th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1110s decade. As of the start of 1117, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Africa

• Conflict between the independent republics of Mahdia and Gabes in Ifriqiya. Madhia is supported by the Zirid dynasty while Gabes receives the aid of the Roger I of Sicily.

Asia

• Pelusium is destroyed by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
• Miidera and the sohei of Enryakuji attack Nara, Japan.

Europe

• Borivoj II of Bohemia becomes prince in place of Vladislav I of Bohemia.
• The people of Santiago de Compostela (present-day Spain) try to burn their prelate in his palace, along with the queen.
• Iceland ends slavery.
• Short-lived Almoravid reconquest of Coimbra (Portugal).

Education

• May 3 – Merton Priory (Thomas Becket School) is consecrated.

Technology

• The earliest use of a compass for navigational purposes is recorded.

Births

• Humphrey II of Toron, Constable of Jerusalem

Deaths

• April 16 – Saint Magnus, Earl of Orkney (executed)
• December 9 – Gertrud of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen
• Anselm of Laon, French theologian
• Ivo of Chartres, French canon lawyer (b. 1040)
• Bertrade de Montfort, wife of Fulk IV of Anjou and Philip I of France
• Li Zhiyi, Chinese poet

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  Seal of King Stephen II of Hungary