Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland
Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland
12 events found for 1917
Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland
Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal
World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscri
The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded
The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and pla
Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in t
World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day"
World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge
King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure
World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G