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217
From Encyclopedia Jr, free information reference for Kids
- This article is about the year 217. For other uses, see 217 (number).
| 217 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
217 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
217
CCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita |
970 |
| Armenian calendar |
N/A |
| Chinese calendar |
2913 – 2914
丙申 – 丁酉 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
209 – 210 |
| Hebrew calendar |
3977 – 3978 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
272 – 273 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
139 – 140 |
| - Kali Yuga |
3318 – 3319 |
| Iranian calendar |
405 BP – 404 BP |
| Islamic calendar |
418 BH – 417 BH |
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.
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