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Year 917 (CMXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • September 5 – The Great Yue Kingdom, later renamed Southern Han, is founded by Liu Yan in Panyu (modern-day Guangdong) and Guangxi.

    • Europe

  • August 20 – Battle of Achelous: A large-scale Byzantine expedition against Bulgaria is routed by Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
  • A Hungarian army, after attacking Swabia, conquers the city of Basel. Then they enter Lorraine, burn Verdun and many monasteries. Prince Arnulf, with Hungarian military aid, reconquers his land from the German king Conrad I. After this event, Bavaria and Swabia accept to pay tribute to the Hungarians.

    • Births

  • Patriarch Theophylactus of Constantinople (d. 956)

    • Deaths

  • Frederonne, queen, first wife of King Charles III of France
  • Al-'Abbas ibn 'Amr al-Ghanawi, Abbasid general and governor
  • January/February – Hasan al-Utrush, Zaydi imam and ruler of Tabaristan (b. ca. 844)
  • August 5 – Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. ca. 834)
  • August 20 – Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral

    • References

    917 Wikipedia
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