1617

1617 (MDCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1617th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 617th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1617, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:	1614 1615 1616 – 1617 – 1618 1619 1620

1617 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1617 MDCXVII
Ab urbe condita	2370
Armenian calendar	1066 ԹՎ ՌԿԶ
Assyrian calendar	6367
Balinese saka calendar	1538–1539
Bengali calendar	1024
Berber calendar	2567
English Regnal year	14 Ja. 1 – 15 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar	2161
Burmese calendar	979
Byzantine calendar	7125–7126
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4313 or 4253     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4314 or 4254
Coptic calendar	1333–1334
Discordian calendar	2783
Ethiopian calendar	1609–1610
Hebrew calendar	5377–5378
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1673–1674
- Shaka Samvat	1538–1539
- Kali Yuga	4717–4718
Holocene calendar	11617
Igbo calendar	617–618
Iranian calendar	995–996
Islamic calendar	1025–1027
Japanese calendar	Genna 3 (元和３年)
Javanese calendar	1537–1538
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3950
Minguo calendar	295 before ROC 民前295年
Nanakshahi calendar	149
Thai solar calendar	2159–2160
Tibetan calendar	阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1743 or 1362 or 590     — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1744 or 1363 or 591

Events

January–June

• February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm.

July–December

• November 17 – A naval battle between the Sicilians and Venetians ends inconclusively.
• November 22 – Mustafa I succeeds Ahmed I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Date unknown

• At least seven women are sentenced to death by burning for witchcraft at the Finspång witch trial in Sweden.
• Giambattista Andreini's play The Penitent Magdalene is published in Mantua.