2017

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century–21st century–22nd century
Decades:	1980s1990s2000s–2010s–2020s2030s2040s
Years:	201420152016–2017–201820192020

2017 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	2017 MMXVII
Ab urbe condita	2770
Armenian calendar	1466 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԶ
Assyrian calendar	6767
Bahá'í calendar	173–174
Balinese saka calendar	1938–1939
Bengali calendar	1424
Berber calendar	2967
British Regnal year	65Eliz. 2– 66Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2561
Burmese calendar	1379
Byzantine calendar	7525–7526
Chinese calendar	Bính thânNăm(FireMonkey) 4713 or 4653 — to — Đinh Dậu năm(FireRooster) 4714 or 4654
Coptic calendar	1733–1734
Discordian calendar	3183
Ethiopian calendar	2009–2010
Hebrew calendar	5777–5778
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2073–2074
-Shaka Samvat	1938–1939
-Kali Yuga	5117–5118
Holocene calendar	12017
Igbo calendar	1017–1018
Iranian calendar	1395–1396
Islamic calendar	1438–1439
Japanese calendar	Heisei29 ( bình thành ２９ năm )
Javanese calendar	1950–1951
Juche calendar	106
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4350
Minguo calendar	ROC106 Dân quốc 106 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	549
Thai solar calendar	2560
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa năm con khỉ (male Fire-Monkey) 2143 or 1762 or 990 — to — Âm hỏa gà năm (female Fire-Rooster) 2144 or 1763 or 991
Unix time	1483228800 – 1514764799

2017(MMXVII) was acommon year starting on Sundayin theGregorian calendar,the 2017th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 17th year of the3rd millennium,the 17th year of the21st century,and the 8th year of the2010sdecade

Events

January

20 January:Donald Trumpisinauguratedas the45thPresident of the United States

• 1 January:
  • TheBBC'sRoyal Charterexpires.
  • An attack on anightclubinIstanbul,Turkeykills 39 people and injures 70.ISISclams responsibility.
• 6 January – Amass shootingoccurs at theFort Lauderdale–Hollywood International AirportinBroward County,Florida. Five people were killed while 48 were injured.
• 7 January –Mário Soares,formerPresidentandPrime MinisterofPortugalwho brought democracy to Portugal after a dictatorship, dies at 92 from a stroke inLisbon.
• 8 January – FormerPresident of IranAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjanidies of a heart attack inTehranat age 82.
• 19 January – ECOWAS forces, including troops from Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria, intervene in Gambia's political crisis to force longtimePresidentYahya Jammehto step down after losing the December 2016 elections toAdama Barrow.
• 20 January –Donald Trumpisinauguratedas the45thPresident of the United Statesat theUnited States Capitol Buildingat noon.

February

• 11 February –North Koreaprompts international condemnation by test firing a ballistic missile across theSea of Japan.

March

The aftermath of the2017 Westminster attack

• 10 March
  • Park Geun-hyeis removed asPresident of South Koreaby the Constitutional Court.
  • TheUNwarns that the world is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II, with up to 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine inYemen,Somalia,South SudanandNigeria.
• 22 March – asuspected terrorist attackoccurs at theWestminster Bridgein London. Five people are killed including the assailant.
• 29 March – The United Kingdom invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, beginning the formalEUwithdrawal process.
• 30 March –SpaceXconducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
• 31 March – The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is scheduled to begin acceptingnuclear waste.

April

• 6 April – In response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches59 Tomahawk cruise missilesat an air base inSyria.Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
• 8 April –2017–18 North Korea Crisisbegin threat United States with a nuclear weapon.
• 20 April – Three police officers wereshot and killedatChamps-Élysées,a shopping boulevard inParis,France.

May

Emmanuel MacroniselectedPresident of Franceon 7 May

• 7 May – In the2017 French presidential election,Emmanuel Macronis electedPresident of FrancedefeatingMarine Le Pen.
• 10 May –Moon Jae-inis electedPresident of South Koreain the2017 South Korean presidential electionafterPark Geun-hyewas impeached and removed from office.
• 12 May – Computers around the world are hit by a large-scaleransomwarecyberattack,which goes on to affect at least 150 countries.
• 22 – 19 May people confirmed dead intwo explosionsatManchester Arenaat anAriana Grandeconcert.

October

• 26 October – TheThird Rutte cabinetof theNetherlandsis sworn in.

Predicted and scheduled events

• June-Confederations cup 2017
• 1 July – The first possible government inHong Kongelected byUniversal suffrageis scheduled to take office.
• 7 August –Partial lunar eclipse
• 21 August – From 16:50 to 20:02UTC,thefirst total solar eclipseof the 21st century for the United States, and the first visible in the continental U.S. since26 February 1979,takes place. Totality will occur along a path curving fromOregontoSouth Carolina,and will last at most 2 minutes 40.2 seconds. The location and time of "greatest eclipse" will be on the western edge ofChristian County,Kentucky at 36.9715 degrees North and 87.6559 degrees West occurring at 18:25.4716 UTC.

Unknown dates

• Sealed government documents surroundingJohn F. Kennedy's assassination to be released.
• The government ofChinahas announced it will start sending probes to the Moon in 2017, resulting in a manned Chinese landing on the moon in a few years.
• TheIOCDecides the host city for the2024 Summer Olympic Games
• InCopenhagen(Denmark), theCity Circle Lineextension of themetrowill open.
• South Koreastates that it will attempt a space mission by this year.
• Construction of London'sCrossrailproject is expected to be completed, with the first passenger trains running this year.
• InFrancethe case-documents regarding the execution of assumedWorld War Idouble spyMata Hariwill be revealed.
• InLisbon,the newAlcochete Airportstarts operations.
• Phase II of theUSMCVXX Presidentialhelicopterprogram, theAgustaWestland/Bell HelicopterVH-71B Kestrel, is scheduled to enterInitial operating capability.
• Gazpromhopes that itsmarket capitalizationwill reach one trillion dollars.
• TheEuropean Extremely Large Telescopeis scheduled to be completed.
• O. J. Simpsonmay be eligible for parole from the Nevada correctional system.
• Davao City, Philippineswill start its construction on Davao-Samal Bridge.

In fiction

Literature

• The epilogue ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(2007) takes place in this year.

Computer and video games

• Ever17(2002)
• Neo Geo Battle Coliseum(2005)
• Earth Defense Force 2017(2006)
  • Phoenix Wright: Justice For Allbegins in 2016, but ends in 2017, whilePhoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulationsbegins in 2017, but ends in 2018. They are set in the future in a way to explain the drastically different court system used from the US one.

Movies

• Cherry 2000(1987)
• The Running Man:The beginning events occur in 2017.
• Barb Wire(1996)
• Click(2006)
• Surrogates(2009)

Music

• TheBilly Joelsong,Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)is set in this year.
• TheSheryl Crowsong "Gasoline" from her albumDetourstells of a gas shortage in the year 2017.

Television

• Code-E(2007)
• Code GeassThe events of the first season take place in 2017.
• SB-129The events of a 1999Spongebob SquarePantsepisode take place on 6 March of this year.

Deaths

Further information:Deaths in 2017