2017

Timeline

2017

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Cretaceous

B.C.E.: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8,000 • 1,100

C.E.: 1502 • 1853

1900-1999

1900-1949: 1908 • 1915 • 1920 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• February 8 - Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya passes away at the age of 89.
• March 3 - Shin Godzilla becomes the first kaiju film to win Picture of the Year at the Japan Academy Awards. It also wins Director of the Year, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Lighting Direction, Best Sound Recording, and Best Film Editing.
• March 10 - Kong: Skull Island is released to American theaters.
• March 30 - Principal photography on Pacific Rim Uprising concludes.
• April 7 - Colossal is released to American theaters.
• April 12 - The first issue of Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, a four-issue sequel comic for Kong: Skull Island, is published. It will conclude on November 22.
• April 18 - MarVista Entertainment announces development of a King Kong: Skull Island television series, unrelated to the film.
• May 7 - Director Yoshimitsu Banno passes away on May 7 at the age of 86.
• June 19 - Principal photography on Godzilla: King of the Monsters begins.
• June 21 - BOOM! Studios' Kong of Skull Island comic concludes with its twelfth issue.
• August 7 - Suit actor Haruo Nakajima passes away at the age of 88.
• September 27 - Principal photography on Godzilla: King of the Monsters concludes.
• October 6 - The first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising debuts at New York Comic Con.
• October 18 - The one-shot comic Kong: Gods of Skull Island from BOOM! Studios is released.
• October 19 - City Shrouded in Shadow is released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan.
• October 25 - GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse, a prequel novel for GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters, is published in Japan.
• November 1 - Criterion announces its acquisition of Godzilla Raids Again, Rodan, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro-Monster, The War of the Gargantuas, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla.
• November 17 - GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters is released to Japanese theaters.

In the Kaiju Multiverse

• Dagahra attacks Australia, causing 6.7 million deaths. (GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters)

References

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