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

1117 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1117 MCXVII
Ab urbe condita	1870
Armenian calendar	566 ԹՎ ՇԿԶ
Assyrian calendar	5867
Balinese saka calendar	1038–1039
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	1038–1039
- Kali Yuga	4217–4218
Holocene calendar	11117
Igbo calendar	117–118
Iranian calendar	495–496
Islamic calendar	510–511
Japanese calendar	Eikyū 5 (永久５年)
Javanese calendar	1022–1023
Julian calendar	1117 MCXVII
Korean calendar	3450
Minguo calendar	795 before ROC 民前795年
Nanakshahi calendar	−351
Seleucid era	1428/1429 AG
Thai solar calendar	1659–1660
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1243 or 862 or 90     — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 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. 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).

By topic

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