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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s |
| Years: | 1394 1395 1396 - 1397 - 1398 1399 1400 |
| 1397 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1397 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset.
- July 20 - Queen Margaret forms the Kalmar Union, uniting the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland and Greenland) and Sweden (including Finland).
- September 29 - John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is created Duke of Exeter by his half-brother Richard II of England.
- The Ottomans capture the Vidin Empire, the only remaining independent Bulgarian state. Emperor Ivan Sratsimir of Vidin is taken prisoner and later disappears.
- Constantine II becomes Emperor of Vidin after his father's imprisonment.
- Richard II of England attempts to reassert authority over his kingdom by arresting members of a group of powerful barons known as the Lords Appellant.
- Temur Qutlugh is crowned as the Khan of Golden Horde with the help of general Edigu. Although, Edigu continues to hold the real power.
- Thomas Arundel succeeds William Courtenay as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Richard Whittington (aka Dick Whittington) is elected Lord Mayor of London.
- Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is founded in north-west Russia.
- Sretensky Monastery is founded in Moscow.
- Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother, is created Duke of Surrey by King Richard.
| Gregorian calendar | 1397 MCCCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2150 |
| Armenian calendar | 846 ԹՎ ՊԽԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -447 – -446 |
| Berber calendar | 2347 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1941 |
| Burmese calendar | 759 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6905 – 6906 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年十二月初二日 (4033/4093-12-2) — to —
丁丑年十二月十二日(4034/4094-12-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 1113 – 1114 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1389 – 1390 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5157 – 5158 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1452 – 1453 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1319 – 1320 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4498 – 4499 |
| Holocene calendar | 11397 |
| Iranian calendar | 775 – 776 |
| Islamic calendar | 799 – 800 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 4 (応永4年) |
| Korean calendar | 3730 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1940 |
Births
- February 21 - Isabella of Portugal (d. 1471)
- May 6 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1450)
- June 29 - King John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
- August 10 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)
- November 15 - Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)
- Chimalpopoca, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d. 1427)
- Tlacaelel, Aztec nobleman (d. 1487)
- Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1482)
- Paolo Uccello, Florentine painter (d. 1475)
Deaths
- January 11 - Skirgaila, former Grand Duke of Lithuania
- February 18 - Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (b. 1340)
- June 3 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)
- June 16 - Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
- September 2 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer
- September 15 - Adam Easton, Catholic cardinal
- September 21 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346)
- date unknown - Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (b. 1350)
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