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917 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 917
CMXVII
Ab urbe condita 1670
Armenian calendar 366
ԹՎ ՅԿԶ
Assyrian calendar 5667
Balinese saka calendar 838–839
Bengali calendar 324
Berber calendar 1867
Buddhist calendar 1461
Burmese calendar 279
Byzantine calendar 6425–6426
Chinese calendar 丙子年 (Fire  Rat)
3614 or 3407
     to 
丁丑年 (Fire  Ox)
3615 or 3408
Coptic calendar 633–634
Discordian calendar 2083
Ethiopian calendar 909–910
Hebrew calendar 4677–4678
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 973–974
 - Shaka Samvat 838–839
 - Kali Yuga 4017–4018
Holocene calendar 10917
Iranian calendar 295–296
Islamic calendar 304–305
Japanese calendar Engi 17
(延喜17年)
Javanese calendar 816–817
Julian calendar 917
CMXVII
Korean calendar 3250
Minguo calendar 995 before ROC
民前995年
Nanakshahi calendar −551
Seleucid era 1228/1229 AG
Thai solar calendar 1459–1460
Tibetan calendar 阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
1043 or 662 or −110
     to 
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
1044 or 663 or −109
The Bulgarian victory at the Achelous River. Bulgarians defeat the Byzantines at Anchialos.jpg
The Bulgarian victory at the Achelous River.
Map of the Battle of Achelous. Battle of Anchialos (917).svg
Map of the Battle of Achelous.

Year 917 ( CMXVII ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Byzantine Empire

  • August 20 Battle of Achelous: A Byzantine expeditionary force (62,000 men) under General Leo Phokas (the Elder) is routed by the Bulgarians at the Achelous River near the fortress of Anchialos (modern Pomorie) on the Black Sea coast. Phokas flees to Mesembria (modern Nesebar) and escapes by boarding a ship. Tsar Simeon I (the Great) becomes de facto ruler of the whole Balkan Peninsula, except the well-protected Byzantine capital of Constantinople and the Peloponnese. [1]
  • Fall Battle of Katasyrtai: The Bulgarian army under Simeon I marches southwards to Constantinople. Leo Phokas, who survived at Anchelous, gathers the last Byzantine troops to intercept the Bulgarians before they reach the capital. The two armies meet near the village of Katasyrtai, just outside Constantinople. After a surprise night attack, the Byzantines are completely routed from the battlefield. [2]

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References

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