1917 in Taiwan

Decades:	1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s;
See also:	Other events of 1917; History of Taiwan • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1917 in Taiwan, Empire of Japan.

Incumbents

5 January – The deadliest part of the 1916–1917 Nantou earthquakes occurred, registering at 6.2 on the Richter scale with a shallow hypocentre, killing 54 people.^[1]
12 February – Reverend William Campbell returns to China.^[2]^: 250
24 July – Construction of the Yilan line began.^[3]^: 107
22 October – Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and his wife Fusako visited Taiwan.^[3]^: 108
29 December — The Waseda University baseball team came to Taiwan.^[2]^: 250

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^ ^a ^b 王育德著，黃國彥譯 (October 1999). 《臺灣──苦悶的歷史》 (初版二刷 ed.). 草根出版.
^ ^a ^b 緒方武歲, ed. (1938). 《臺灣大年表》. 臺北市: 緒方武歲/臺北印刷株式會社.
^ Yeh, Lindy (15 April 2002). "The Koo family: a century in Taiwan". Taipei Times. p. 3. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ Tsai Wen-ting (May 2002). "Taiwanese Pop Will Never Die". Taiwan Panorama. Translated by Smith, Glenn; Mayer, David. Retrieved 5 August 2024.