1117

1117 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1117
MCXVII
Ab urbe condita1870
Armenian calendar566
ԹՎ ՇԿԶ
Assyrian calendar5867
Balinese saka calendar1038–1039
Bengali calendar524
Berber calendar2067
English Regnal year17 Hen. 1 – 18 Hen. 1
Buddhist calendar1661
Burmese calendar479
Byzantine calendar6625–6626
Chinese calendar丙申(Fire Monkey)
3813 or 3753
    — to —
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
3814 or 3754
Coptic calendar833–834
Discordian calendar2283
Ethiopian calendar1109–1110
Hebrew calendar4877–4878
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1173–1174
 - Shaka Samvat1038–1039
 - Kali Yuga4217–4218
Holocene calendar11117
Igbo calendar117–118
Iranian calendar495–496
Islamic calendar510–511
Japanese calendarEikyū 5
(永久5年)
Javanese calendar1022–1023
Julian calendar1117
MCXVII
Korean calendar3450
Minguo calendar795 before ROC
民前795年
Nanakshahi calendar−351
Seleucid era1428/1429 AG
Thai solar calendar1659–1660
Tibetan calendarམེ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་
(male Fire-Monkey)
1243 or 862 or 90
    — to —
མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་
(female Fire-Bird)
1244 or 863 or 91

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.

Events

Africa

  • Conflict between the 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

Europe

By topic

Education

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

References

  1. Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 27, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.84.