1917

1916 - 1917 - 1918 - decade 1910s - 20th century

Births

• February 11 - [Richard Jock Kinneir]?, graphic designer.
• February 11 - [[Sidney Sheldon]?, author.

Deaths

• Auguste Rodin, sculptor

Events

• United States enters World War I.
• Russian Revolution overthrows the czars?. Beginning of civil war.
• Finland declared its independence on December 6 1917.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics [Charles Glover Barkla]?
• Chemistry - not awarded
• Medicine - not awarded
• Literature - [Karl Adolph Gjellerup]?, [Henrik Pontoppidan]?
• Peace - International Red Cross, Geneva.