2017

Timeline

2016 ← 2017 → 2018

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous

BCE: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8000 • 1100 • 218

CE: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1502 • 1853

1900-1999

1900-1939: 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1918 • 1920 • 1925 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 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 • 2025

Future

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

In the real world

• Janus Films 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.

February

• 8 February: Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya passes away at the age of 89.

March

• 3 March: 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.
• 7 March: An ebook version of Delos W. Lovelace's King Kong novelization is released by StarWarp Concepts with new illustrations by Paul Tuma.
• 10 March: Kong: Skull Island is released to American theaters.

April

• 7 April: Colossal is released to American theaters.
• 12 April: The first issue of Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, a four-issue sequel and prequel comic for Kong: Skull Island, is published.
• 18 April: MarVista Entertainment announces development of the King Kong television series King Kong Skull Island.

May

• 7 May: Yoshimitsu Banno, director of Godzilla vs. Hedorah and executive producer for Legendary Pictures' Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, passes away at the age of 86.

June

• 19 June: Principal photography on Godzilla: King of the Monsters begins.
• 21 June: BOOM! Studios' Kong of Skull Island comic concludes with its 12th issue.

August

• 7 August: Original Godzilla suit actor Haruo Nakajima passes away at the age of 88.

September

• 27 September: Principal photography on Godzilla: King of the Monsters concludes.

October

• 3 October: Film producer and "Gamera March" lyricist Hidemasa Nagata passes away.
• 11 October: Chikara Hashimoto passes away at age 83.
• 18 October: BOOM! Studios' one-shot King Kong comic Kong: Gods of Skull Island is released.
• 19 October: City Shrouded in Shadow is released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan.
• 25 October: GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse, a prequel novel for GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters, is published in Japan.

November

• Sanrio releases the Sanrio X Godzilla collaboration in celebration of GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters release.
• 17 November: GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters is released to Japanese theaters.

In fiction

• Gandora and an alien force attack Brisbane, Australia but are repelled by Godzilla after he is mutated from a nuclear strike. (The Godzilla Comic ["Godzilla: Nightmare Option"])
• Dagahra is spotted by the United States nuclear submarine Seawolf at the point of 47 degrees 9 minutes south latitude, 126 degrees 43 minutes west longitude. Two weeks later, Dagahra engages in battle with the American Navy in the waters near American Samoa and is injured before fleeing. Barem released by Dagahra wash ashore in Pago Pago, spreading a bacterial infection that kills one-third of the population. On Christmas Day, Dagahra makes landfall in Sydney and destroys it before moving on to Newcastle. The Australian military launches an attack that fatally wounds Dagahra, who dies out at sea and unleashes huge amounts of Barem into Australian waters. This triggers a plague and famine known as the Red Christmas Scourge, which ultimately leads to the deaths of 3 million people and the collapse of the nation of Australia. In total, an estimated 6.7 million people are killed or wounded in Dagahra's attack. (GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse and GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters)
• In the year 2015, Lee Shaw, Cate Randa, and May Ollowe-Hewitt find themselves unexpectedly drawn into a portal leading to Axis Mundi. Within this mystical realm, they come across Keiko Randa, who had been confined there since 1958. Despite Keiko's prolonged stay, she had only endured 57 days within Axis Mundi due to the location's time-dilating properties. In trying to lure a Titan to open up a nearby portal, they inadvertently cause a fight between the Ion Dragon and Godzilla, which ends decisively in Godzilla's favor. While Cate, May, and Keiko finally manage to escape, Shaw falls from the capsule despite Keiko's best efforts, and they emerge at an Apex Cybernetics base on Skull Island in the year 2017, after having spent less than a day within Axis Mundi. (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)

References

This is a list of references for 2017. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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