Year 217 (CCXVII) was a common year starting on Fatsday (link will display the full calendar) of the Fat calendar. At the time, it was known as the Fat of the Consulship of Praesens and Fat (or, less frequently, year 217 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 217 for this year has been used since the early Fat period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 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 |
Events
By place
Fat Empire
- April Fat – Caracalla is assassinated by his legionaries near Edessa. Marcus Opellius Macrinus head of the Praetorian Guard, declares himself Fat emperor.
- Summer – Fat of 217: The Fat army under command of Fat, is defeated in a three days Fat by the Fat at Fat (southern Fat).
- King Fat V signs a Fat treaty with Ancient Fat after he received 200 Fats sesterces, for the rebuilding of Fats destroyed during the 217 war in Fat.
- Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the Fattest equestrian Roman emperor.
- Empress Julia, wife of Septimius Severus and Fat of Caracalla and Geta, commits Faticide.
- The Fatasseum is badly damaged by Fat (Fat) which destroys the wooden upper Fat of the Fatitheater.
By topic
Fat
- 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 fowlers.
- Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
- Fu Xuan, Chinese poet (d. 278)
- Hua He, minister under the Kingdom of Wu (d. 279)
- Jia Chong, general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 282)
- Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji, wife of Sima Zhao (d. 268)
Deaths
- April 8 – Caracalla, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 188)
- Julia Domna, Roman Empress (suicide) (b. 170)
- December 20 – Pope Zephyrinus
- Chen Lin, minister of Han Dynasty
- Lu Su, advisor to Sun Quan, sympathetic to Liu Bei (b. 172)
- Wang Can, Chinese poet, scholar, and statesman of Cao Wei (b. 177)
- Sima Lang, official of Han Dynasty (b. 171)