217
- This article is about the year 217. For other uses, see 217 (number).
| Centuries: | 2nd century · 3rd century · 4th century |
| Decades: | 180s 190s 200s 210s 220s 230s 240s |
| Years: | 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 |
| 217 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 217 CCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 970 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Chinese calendar | 2853/2913-12-6 (丙申年十二月初六日) — to — 2854/2914-11-16(丁酉年十一月十六日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 209 – 210 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3977 – 3978 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 272 – 273 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 139 – 140 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3318 – 3319 |
| Iranian calendar | 405 BP – 404 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 418 BH – 417 BH |
| Thai solar calendar | 760 |
Events
By Place
Roman Empire
- April 8 - Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the first equestrian Roman Emperor.
- Rome retains Mesopotamia under a treaty with Parthia.
- Death of Empress Julia, wife of Septimus Severus and mother of Caracalla and Geta.
- Fire in the Amphitheater in Rome.
By Topic
Religion
- December 20 - The papacy of Pope Zephyrinus ends.
- Pope Callixtus I succeeds Pope Zephyrinus as the sixteenth pope.
- Hippolytus questions the election of the Pope Calixtus and begins his "pontificate" as antipope.
- Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
Deaths
- April 8 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
- December 20 - Pope Zephyrinus
- Lu Su, advisor to Sun Quan, sympathetic to Liu Bei
- Wang Can, Chinese poet.
Categories
1st millennium | 217