100 notable events from 1917 — wars, rail accidents and bombings.
- Russian Revolution
Nov 8, 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- October Revolution
Oct 25, 1917–Oct 26, 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Halifax Explosion
Dec 6, 1917 · Canada · Bombing & explosion
- Balfour Declaration
Nov 2, 1917 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Zimmermann telegram
Jan 16, 1917 · War & armed conflict
- Soviet war crimes
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1991 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Kornilov affair
Aug 28, 1917–Sep 1, 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- White Terror (Russia)
1917 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Revolutions of 1917–1923
Mar 8, 1917–Jul 24, 1923 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- July Days
Jul 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- 1917 French Army mutinies
Apr 25, 1917 · France · War & armed conflict
- Manchu Restoration
Jul 1, 1917–Jul 12, 1917 · China · War & armed conflict
- Houston riot of 1917
Aug 23, 1917 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Persian famine of 1917–1919
1917–1919 · Iran · Natural disaster
- Sixtus Affair
1917 · Scandal & controversy
- Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
Dec 12, 1917 · France · Rail accident
- Kerensky–Krasnov uprising
Oct 26, 1917–Oct 31, 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Conscription Crisis of 1917
1917 · Canada · Crisis
- East St. Louis massacre
Jul 1917 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917
Aug 18, 1917 · Greece · Fire
- Constitutional Protection Movement
1917–1922 · China · War & armed conflict
- Oath crisis
Jul 1917 · Crisis
- Ciurea rail disaster
Jan 13, 1917 · Romania · Rail accident
- George Hassell
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1926 · United States · Massacre
- April Crisis
Apr 1, 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Spanish crisis of 1917
1917 · Crisis
- Speculator Mine disaster
Jun 8, 1917 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Green Corn Rebellion
Aug 2, 1917–Aug 3, 1917 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Junker mutiny
Nov 11, 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Silvertown explosion
Jan 19, 1917 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Boonpeng
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1918 · Murder & homicide
- Lynching of Ell Persons
May 22, 1917 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Milwaukee Police Department bombing
Nov 24, 1917 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- La Courtine mutiny
Jun 26, 1917–Sep 20, 1917 · France · War & armed conflict
- Tulsa Outrage
Nov 9, 1917 · United States · Terrorism
- 1917 Jaffa deportation
Apr 6, 1917 · Israel · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Massacres of Azerbaijanis in Armenia (1917–1921)
1917–1921 · Massacre
- Étaples mutiny
Sep 1, 1917 · France · War & armed conflict
- Kingsland explosion
Jan 11, 1917 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Killings of Baltic Fleet officers during the February Revolution
1917 · Finland · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Irma
Feb 24, 1917 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1917 Potato riots
Jun 28, 1917–Jul 5, 1917 · Netherlands · Riot & unrest
- December 1917 coup d'état
Dec 5, 1917 · Portugal · War & armed conflict
- Vasile Tcaciuc
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1935 · Romania · Murder & homicide
- 1917 Kazan Gunpowder Plant fire
Aug 1, 1917 · Fire
- 1917 Matsuno Tunnel collapse
Mar 26, 1917 · Japan · Industrial & structural disaster
- Grimm–Hoffmann affair
1917 · Switzerland · Scandal & controversy
- Catanzaro Brigade revolt
Jul 15, 1917 · Italy · Riot & unrest
- Brite Ranch raid
Dec 25, 1917 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Polubotkivtsi uprising
Jul 17, 1917 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- Thái Nguyên uprising
1917 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Semyonov's Rebellion
Nov 1917–Dec 1917 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- 1917 Arquata Scrivia train accident
Aug 7, 1917 · Italy · Rail accident
- Golok conflicts (1917–1949)
1917–1949 · China · War & armed conflict
- Tashkent rebellion (1917)
Nov 1, 1917 · Uzbekistan · War & armed conflict
- Billy Hughes egg-throwing incident
Nov 29, 1917 · Australia · War & armed conflict
- Waseda Disturbance
1917 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- 1917 Kanak revolt
1917–1918 · New Caledonia · War & armed conflict
- Kabkab massacre
Nov 15, 1917 · Chad · Murder & homicide
- 1917 Costa Rican coup d'état
Jan 27, 1917 · Costa Rica · War & armed conflict
- 1917 San Salvador earthquake
Jun 7, 1917 · El Salvador · Earthquake
- 1917 Guatemala earthquakes
Nov 17, 1917–Jan 24, 1918 · India · Earthquake
- Eddystone explosion
Apr 10, 1917 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Evacuation of Ayvalik
May 1917 · Türkiye · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1917 Chester race riot
Jul 1, 1917 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Daniel Cooper (murderer)
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1922 · New Zealand · Murder & homicide
- Vyborg lynchings
Sep 11, 1917 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Houten train accident
Jun 7, 1917 · Netherlands · Rail accident
- Hastings mine explosion
Apr 27, 1917 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Bere Ferrers rail accident
Sep 24, 1917 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Feldmarshalskaya massacre
Nov 1917–Jan 1918 · Russian Federation · Massacre
- Shepherdsville train wreck
Dec 20, 1917 · United States · Rail accident
- 1917 Bali earthquake
Jan 20, 1917 · Indonesia · Earthquake
- Giannis and Thymios Retzos
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1928 · Murder & homicide
- Decimation of the Ravenna Brigade
Mar 22, 1917 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Sinking of the schooner Monte Protegido
Apr 4, 1917 · United Kingdom · Maritime disaster
- Ratho rail crash
Jan 3, 1917 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1917 Samoa earthquake
Jun 26, 1917 · Tonga · Earthquake
- 1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike
Nov 25, 1917 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion
Jun 13, 1917 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Nannhofen train accident
Apr 17, 1917 · Germany · Rail accident
- Detmold explosion
May 31, 1917 · Germany · Bombing & explosion
- Raid on Ruhnu (1917)
Jun 15, 1917 · Portugal · War & armed conflict
- 1917 California Governor's Mansion bombing
Dec 17, 1917 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Potato Revolt
Jan 1, 1917 · Portugal · Riot & unrest
- Sant'Osvaldo explosion
Aug 27, 1917 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Dubno Garrison Revolt
Sep 20, 1917–Sep 21, 1917 · Ukraine · Riot & unrest
- 1917 Großmittel explosion disaster
Jun 17, 1917 · Austria · Bombing & explosion
- Bapaume town hall explosion
Mar 25, 1917 · France · Bombing & explosion
- 1917 Valtiberina earthquake
Apr 26, 1917 · Italy · Earthquake
- 1917 Villavicencio, Colombia earthquake
Aug 31, 1917 · Colombia · Earthquake
- Schönhausen train wreck
Oct 16, 1917 · Germany · Rail accident
- 1917 Sichuan earthquake
Jul 31, 1917 · China · Earthquake
- Heessen railway disaster
Dec 3, 1917 · Germany · Rail accident
- Rudnik train explosion
Jul 17, 1917 · Poland · Rail accident
- Loitsch rail accident
Oct 1, 1917 · Slovenia · Rail accident
- 1917 Mendoza earthquake
Jul 12, 1917 · Argentina · Earthquake
- Pragerhof rail accident
Jul 10, 1917 · Slovenia · Rail accident
- Planina train collision
Sep 24, 1917 · Slovenia · Rail accident
- Sporniak rail accident
Dec 1917 · Rail accident