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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century |
| Decades: | 80s 90s 100s - 110s - 120s 130s 140s |
| Years: | 114 115 116 - 117 - 118 119 120 |
| 117 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 117 CXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 870 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1727 – -1726 |
| Berber calendar | 1067 |
| Buddhist calendar | 661 |
| Burmese calendar | -521 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5625 – 5626 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十一月十一日 (2753/2813-11-11) — to —
丁巳年十一月二十日(2754/2814-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | -167 – -166 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 109 – 110 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3877 – 3878 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 172 – 173 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 39 – 40 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3218 – 3219 |
| Holocene calendar | 10117 |
| Iranian calendar | 505 BP – 504 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 521 BH – 520 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2450 |
| Thai solar calendar | 660 |
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Trajan subdues a Judean revolt, then falls seriously ill, leaving Hadrian in command of the east.
- On his death bed, Trajan adopts Hadrian and designates him as his successor.
- August 9 — Emperor Trajan dies, leaving the Roman Empire at its maximal territorial extent.
- Hadrian, who will reign until 138, succeeds him.
- Hadrian, a Spaniard like Trajan, is an excellent officer who has had a brilliant career. He is well-cultured man, who as Emperor inaugurates a civil government, giving up the policy of conquest of his predecessor in order to consolidate the empire.
- Hadrian returns large parts of Mesopotamia to the Parthians as part of a peace settlement.
- Construction begins on the Pantheon in Rome.
By topic
Religion
- John I becomes the 7th Bishop of Jerusalem.
Births
Deaths
- August 9 — Trajan, Roman emperor (illness)
- Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)
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