Time Line 1917
- beatification of Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew
- beatification of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
- Bethlehem assumed into the British Empire
- death of Saint Mutien Marie Wiaux
- death of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
- death of Venerable Jose Ramon Ibarra y Gonzalez
- United States declares war on Germany, and enters World War I
- birth of Blessed Bruna Pellesi
- birth of Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly
- founding of the diocese of Wagga Wagga, Australia
- vision of the Virgin Mary appears to three children at Fatima, Portugal; later known as Our Lady of Fatima
| 1916 | 1918 |
