217

This article is about the year 217. For the number, see 217 (number). For other uses, see 217 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	190s 200s 210s 220s 230s
Years:	214 215 216 217 218 219 220

217 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	217 CCXVII
Ab urbe condita	970
Assyrian calendar	4967
Balinese saka calendar	138–139
Bengali calendar	−376
Berber calendar	1167
Buddhist calendar	761
Burmese calendar	−421
Byzantine calendar	5725–5726
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 2914 or 2707     — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2915 or 2708
Coptic calendar	−67 – −66
Discordian calendar	1383
Ethiopian calendar	209–210
Hebrew calendar	3977–3978
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	273–274
- Shaka Samvat	138–139
- Kali Yuga	3317–3318
Holocene calendar	10217
Iranian calendar	405 BP – 404 BP
Islamic calendar	417 BH – 416 BH
Javanese calendar	94–95
Julian calendar	217 CCXVII
Korean calendar	2550
Minguo calendar	1695 before ROC 民前1695年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1251
Seleucid era	528/529 AG
Thai solar calendar	759–760
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 343 or −38 or −810     — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 344 or −37 or −809

Year 217 (CCXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Praesens and Extricatus (or, less frequently, year 970 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 217 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• April 8 – Caracalla is assassinated by his soldiers near Edessa. Marcus Opellius Macrinus, head of the Praetorian Guard, declares himself Roman emperor.
• Summer – Battle of Nisibis: A Roman army, under the command of Macrinus, is defeated in a three days' battle by the Parthians at Nisibis, in the province of Mesopotamia.
• King Artabanus V signs a peace treaty with Rome after he receives 200 million sesterces, for the rebuilding of towns destroyed during the war in Parthia.
• Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the first equestrian Roman emperor.
• Empress Julia, wife of Septimius Severus and mother of Caracalla and Geta, commits suicide.
• The Colosseum is badly damaged by fire (lightning) which destroys the wooden upper levels of the amphitheater.

China

• Battle of Ruxu: Warlord Cao Cao once again clashes with his rival Sun Quan in Yang Province.

By topic

Religion

• December 20 – The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the Trinity.
• Hippolytus begins his "pontificate" as antipope and sets up a breakaway church for Christian followers.

Sports

• According to a tradition noted by 19th-century historian Stephen Glover, the earliest recorded game of association football (soccer) took place in Derby, England as a celebration on Shrove Tuesday, the day before commencement of the Lent season on Ash Wednesday, and 47 days before Easter Sunday

Births

• Fu Xuan, Chinese historian and poet (d. 278)
• Hua He, Chinese official and historian (d. 278)
• Jia Chong, Chinese politician and general (d. 282)
• Wang Yuanji, Chinese empress dowager (d. 268)

Deaths

• April 8 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)
• December 20 – Zephyrinus, pope of Rome
• Chen Lin, Chinese official and politician
• Dong Xi (or Yuanshi), Chinese general
• Julia Domna, Roman empress (b. 160)
• Lucius Valerius Datus, Roman prefect
• Ling Tong (or Gongji), Chinese general (b. 189)
• Lu Su, Chinese general and politician (b. 172)
• Sima Lang, Chinese official and politician (b. 171)
• Wang Can, Chinese politician and poet (b. 177)
• Xu Gan, Chinese philosopher and poet (b. 171)