17 Facts for Kids

This page is about the year 17 AD. For the actual number, see seventeen.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC 0s BC 0s – 10s – 20s 30s 40s
Years:	14 15 16 – 17 – 18 19 20

AD 17 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 17 XVII
Ab urbe condita	770
Assyrian calendar	4767
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−576
Berber calendar	967
Buddhist calendar	561
Burmese calendar	−621
Byzantine calendar	5525–5526
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2713 or 2653 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2714 or 2654
Coptic calendar	−267 – −266
Discordian calendar	1183
Ethiopian calendar	9–10
Hebrew calendar	3777–3778
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	73–74
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3117–3118
Holocene calendar	10017
Iranian calendar	605 BP – 604 BP
Islamic calendar	624 BH – 623 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 17 XVII
Korean calendar	2350
Minguo calendar	1895 before ROC 民前1895年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1451
Seleucid era	328/329 AG
Thai solar calendar	559–560
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 143 or −238 or −1010 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 144 or −237 or −1009

17 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Rufus

Events

Germanicus leads military campaigns in the East.
Cappadocia (in Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.
Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.
The book Ab Urbe condita ("History of Rome Since its Foundation") is published in 142 volumes. Livy was the author.