What Happened in 2017
77 historical events, 0 notable births, and 26 notable deaths in 2017.
Major Events
January 2017
2017 — year
Copa Mundial 2028 — 10th and last FIFA Confederations Cup, held in Russia in 2017
Carnegiea gigantea — species of plant
2017 Istanbul nightclub attack — terrorist mass shooting that occurred at a nightclub in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 January 2017
2017 Formula One World Championship — 68th season of FIA Formula One World Championship
2017 Africa Cup of Nations — football championship of Africa
January 2017 — month of 2017
2017–18 UEFA Europa League — 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
deaths in 2017 — Wikimedia list article
2017 in film — overview of the events of 2017 in film
2017 World Championships in Athletics — 2017 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 — 15th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
first inauguration of Donald Trump — 58th United States presidential inauguration
Executive Order 13769 — United States Executive Order limiting refugees from Muslim-majority countries
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 — 2017 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship
2017 FIFA Club World Cup — 2017 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2017 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup association football competition for men's national teams
2017 World Men's Handball Championship — 2017 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
FIBA EuroBasket 2017 — 2017 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket
2017 World Aquatics Championships — 2017 edition of the World Aquatics Championships
74th Golden Globe Awards — 2017 film and television award ceremony, on the 8th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2016 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2017 Turkish Airlines cargo plane crash — 2017 Cargo airliner crash in Kyrgyzstan
May 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 — 62nd Eurovision Song Contest
2017 Manchester Arena bombing — 2017 terrorist attack in the United Kingdom
2017 French presidential election — 2017 presidential election in France
May 2017 — month of 2017
Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google
2017 Spanish Grand Prix — motor car race
October 2017
Catalan independence referendum, 2017 — independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
2017 Las Vegas shooting — mass shooting in the Las Vegas area of Nevada, USA on October 1, 2017
Catalan Republic — self-proclaimed state in 2017
October 2017 — month of 2017
October 2017 Mogadishu bombings — deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Somalia and Africa
2017 Malaysian Grand Prix — motor car race
2017 United States Grand Prix — motor car race
2017 Lower Manhattan attack — vehicle-ramming attack in New York City on October 31, 2017
September 2017
2017 German federal election — federal election for the 19th Bundestag
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons
September 2017 — month of 2017
Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017 — referendum for Kurdish Independence
2017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake — 8.2 earthquake with epicenter in Chiapas
2017 Central Mexico earthquake — September 2017 earthquake in Mexico
June 2017
2017 United Kingdom general election — general election held in United Kingdom
June 2017 London attack — terror attack in London
June 2017 — month of 2017
Grenfell Tower fire — 2017 fire in West London
2017 UEFA Champions League Final — final of the 2016–17 edition of the UEFA Champions League
2017 French legislative election — Parliamentary elections in France in 2017
2017 Tehran attacks — terrorist attack at Iranian Parliament
2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix — Formula One Race
February 2017
89th Academy Awards — 2017 ceremony awarding film works of 2016
February 2017 — month of 2017
April 2017
2017 Saint Petersburg Metro attack — Explosion on a train in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 2017
2017 Stockholm attack — terrorist attack in Stockholm, Sweden on 7 April 2017
April 2017 — month of 2017
Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017 — 2017 constitutional referendum
2017 Shayrat missile strike — United States missile strike in Syria on April 7, 2017
2017 Russian Grand Prix — Formula One Race in 2017
2017 Bahrain Grand Prix — motor car race
Khan Shaykhun chemical attack — 2017 chemical attack in Syria
2017 Chinese Grand Prix — motor car race
August 2017
2017 Catalonia attacks — jihadist terrorist attacks in Catalonia, Spain in August 2017
August 2017 — month of 2017
2017 UEFA Super Cup — football match
solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 — total solar eclipse
July 2017
July 2017 — month of 2017
November 2017
November 2017 — month of 2017
Paradise Papers — documents leak related to offshore investment
2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake — earthquake in Iran and Iraq
Sutherland Springs church shooting — mass shooting in Texas
2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état attempt — overthrow of the Mugabe Regime in Zimbabwe
2017 Sinai mosque attack — terrorist bombing in a Sinai mosque, Egypt
March 2017
2017 Westminster attack — terror attack which occurred on 22 March 2017 in Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
March 2017 — month of 2017
2017 Australian Grand Prix — motor car race
2017 Dutch general election — election of the members of the House of Representatives
December 2017
December 2017 — month of 2017