WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1917
Find out what all happened June to November 1917

The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World. (4. June 1917)

World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. (25. November 1917)

Joseph Stalin enters the provisional government of Bolshevik Russia. (9. November 1917)

The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain and France against Germany in World War I. (26. June 1917)

October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date). (5. November 1917)

Russia is officially proclaimed a republic. (14. September 1917)

World War I: Greece declares war on the Central Powers. (30. June 1917)

St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. (5. November 1917)

The Battle of Broodseinde fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. (4. October 1917)

World War I: Battle of Beersheba – the "last successful cavalry charge in history". (31. October 1917)

Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo). (24. October 1917)

World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins. (6. August 1917)

A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. (18. August 1917)

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins. (26. September 1917)

World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians. (26. October 1917)

Lenin calls for the October Revolution. (23. October 1917)

World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. (20. July 1917)

Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority. (30. August 1917)

World War I: Battle of Messines – Allied soldiers detonated ammonal mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops. (7. June 1917)

The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. (2. November 1917)