Year 1317 (MCCCXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1317 The Great Famine of 1315-1317 ends. Pope John XXII erects the dioceses of Luçon, Maillezais, and Tulle. Births Michael 2nd Baron Poynings, Knight (d. 1369) » Also see . Deaths February 7 – Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) February 14 – Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 128… (More on 1317)