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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1080s 1090s 1100s – 1110s – 1120s 1130s 1140s |
| Years: | 1114 1115 1116 – 1117 – 1118 1119 1120 |
Year 1117 (MCXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Africa
- Conflict between the independent republics of Mahdia and Gabes in Ifriqiya. Madhia is supported by the Zirid dynasty while Gabes receives the aid of the Roger I of Sicily.
Asia
- Pelusium is destroyed by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
- Miidera and the sohei of Enryakuji attack Nara, Japan.
Europe
- Borivoj II of Bohemia becomes prince in place of Vladislav I of Bohemia.
- The people of Santiago de Compostela (present-day Spain) try to burn their prelate in his palace, along with the queen.
- Iceland ends slavery.
- Short-lived Almoravid reconquest of Coimbra (Portugal).
By topic
Education
- May 3 – Merton Priory (Thomas Becket School) is consecrated.
Technology
- The earliest use of a compass for navigational purposes is recorded.
Births
- Humphrey II of Toron, Constable of Jerusalem
Deaths
- April 16 – Saint Magnus, Earl of Orkney (executed)
- December 9 – Gertrud of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen
- Anselm of Laon, French theologian
- Ivo of Chartres, French canon lawyer (b. 1040)
- Bertrade de Montfort, wife of Fulk IV of Anjou and Philip I of France
- Li Zhiyi, Chinese poet