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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| Gregorian calendar | 1117 MCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1870 |
| Armenian calendar | 566 ԹՎ ՇԿԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5867 |
| Bengali calendar | 524 |
| Berber calendar | 2067 |
| English Regnal year | 17 Hen. 1 – 18 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1661 |
| Burmese calendar | 479 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6625–6626 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3813 or 3753 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3814 or 3754 |
| Coptic calendar | 833–834 |
| Discordian calendar | 2283 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1109–1110 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4877–4878 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1173–1174 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1039–1040 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4218–4219 |
| Holocene calendar | 11117 |
| Igbo calendar | 117–118 |
| Iranian calendar | 495–496 |
| Islamic calendar | 510–511 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyū 5 (永久５年) |
| Julian calendar | 1117 MCXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3450 |
| Minguo calendar | 795 before ROC 民前795年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1660 |
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Year 1117 (MCXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Africa
- Conflict between the de facto independent republics of Mahdia and Gabes in Ifriqiya.[1] Madhia is supported by the Zirid dynasty while Gabes receives the aid of the Roger I of Sicily.
Asia
- Arslan-Shah of Ghazna loses the Battle of Ghazni.
- Pelusium is razed 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 abolishes slavery.[2]
- Short-lived Almoravid reconquest of Coimbra (Portugal).[3]
- Stephen II of Hungary regains Dalmatia from the Republic of Venice while the Venetians are on a naval expedition, Doge Ordelafo Faliero dying in battle near Zadar; Domenico Michele, elected Doge to succeed him, reconquers the territory and agrees a 5-year truce.
By topic
Education
- May 3 – Merton Priory (near London) is consecrated.
Technology
- The earliest use of a compass for navigational purposes is recorded.
- 1116/17 (AH 510; possible date) – Old Bridge, Hasankeyf, over the Tigris in Turkey, is built by the Artuqids; its central arch is one of (or perhaps the) longest in the world at this time.
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
References
- ↑ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ Halcomb, Ruth. "Iceland - So Near yet So Remote". Retrieved 23 April 2015.
Iceland had a national assembly in the year 930 and abolished slavery in 1117.
- ↑ Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte. p. 84.