1017

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1017 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1017 MXVII
Ab urbe condita	1770
Armenian calendar	466 ԹՎ ՆԿԶ
Assyrian calendar	5767
Balinese saka calendar	938–939
Bengali calendar	423–424
Berber calendar	1967
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1561
Burmese calendar	379
Byzantine calendar	6525–6526
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3714 or 3507 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3715 or 3508
Coptic calendar	733–734
Discordian calendar	2183
Ethiopian calendar	1009–1010
Hebrew calendar	4777–4778
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1073–1074
- Shaka Samvat	938–939
- Kali Yuga	4117–4118
Holocene calendar	11017
Igbo calendar	17–18
Iranian calendar	395–396
Islamic calendar	407–408
Japanese calendar	Chōwa 6 / Kannin 1 (寛仁元年)
Javanese calendar	919–920
Julian calendar	1017 MXVII
Korean calendar	3350
Minguo calendar	895 before ROC 民前895年
Nanakshahi calendar	−451
Seleucid era	1328/1329 AG
Thai solar calendar	1559–1560
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) 1143 or 762 or −10 — to — མེ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Snake) 1144 or 763 or −9

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Summer – Melus of Bari, a Lombard nobleman, revolts and is supported by Norman mercenaries at Capua. He marches into Apulia to catch the Byzantine army off-guard. Melus defeats the Byzantines on the banks of the Fortore River and ravages the territory in Apulia.
Winter – Emperor Basil II ("the Bulgar Slayer") replaces Leo Tornikios with the new catapan Basil Boioannes and sends him reinforcements (including a detachment of the elite Varangian Guard) from Constantinople.

January 6 – Cnut ("the Great") is crowned king of England. In July he marries Emma of Normandy, the widow of Æthelred the Unready, securing his ties with Normandy.^[1]
Cnut divides England into four earldoms: Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria.^[1]

Summer – Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad publicly declares the founding of the Druze religion, during the reign of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

The Sunnis of Kairouan (modern Tunisia) revolt against the Shi'ite Zirid dynasty. The city is quickly retaken and sacked.^[2]

March – Fujiwara no Michinaga passes the title of regent of Japan (Sesshō) to his eldest son Fujiwara no Yorimichi.
September
- Prince Atsuakira of Japan, eldest son of ex-Emperor Sanjō, having been struck by a skin disease and under intense pressure from Michinaga, resigns the title of Crown Prince in favour of his younger brother, Prince Atsunaga^[3] who marries Fujiwara no Kanshi, daughter of Michinaga.
- Michinaga makes a pilgrimage to the Iwashimizu Shrine in Japan accompanied by many courtiers. The travelers divide themselves amongst 15 boats for a floating trip down the Yotogawa River. One of the vessels overturns and more than 30 people lose their lives.^[3]
December 24 – Michinaga is granted the honorary title Daijō-daijin of Japan.
Rajendra I, ruler of the Chola dynasty (in modern India), conquers Sri Lanka and annexes the island.^[4]