What Happened in 1917
16 historical events, 21 notable births, and 6 notable deaths in 1917.
Major Events
January 1917
1917 — year
Russian Revolution — 1917-1922 political change in Russia
February Revolution — first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917
1917 South American Championship — football tournament
Kerensky Offensive — 1917 Last Russian offensive of WW1
Radium Girls — women who died from radium while working as watch painters
November 1917
October Revolution — second of two 1917 revolutions in Russia
Balfour Declaration — public statement written by Arthur Balfour issued by the British government in 1917 in support of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine then an Ottoman region
Ukrainian–Soviet War — 1917–1921 war between the Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian People's Republic
1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election — First democratic elections held in the Russian Empire
May 1917
Our Lady of Fátima — title for the Virgin Mary due to her alleged apparitions to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal
Nivelle Offensive — 1917 Franco-British offensive on the Western Front in the First World War
December 1917
Halifax explosion — 1917 maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 1917
July Days — period of unrest in Petrograd, Russia (16–20 July)
September 1917
Kornilov affair — attempted military coup d'état by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army
March 1917
First Battle of Gaza — 1917 battle in the Middle Eastern theatre of WWI