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In the year 1117
Transportation
Chu Yü's P'ingchow Table Talk contains the first mention in Chinese literature of a compass used for navigation at sea. See also 1086 Earth science; 1190 Transportation.
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This article is about the year 1117.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1080s 1090s 1100s – 1110s – 1120s 1130s 1140s |
| Years: | 1114 1115 1116 – 1117 – 1118 1119 1120 |
| 1117 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1117 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1117 MCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1870 |
| Armenian calendar | 566 ԹՎ ՇԿԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5867 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -727–-726 |
| 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 | 丙申年十一月廿七日 (3753/3813-11-27) — to —
丁酉年十二月初七日(3754/3814-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 833–834 |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 495–496 |
| Islamic calendar | 510–511 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| 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
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).[2]
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
References
- ^ Bresc, Henri (2003). La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age. http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.84.
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