| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s
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| 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 – Marriages |
Year 1397 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[]
- July 20 - Queen Margaret forms the Kalmar Union, uniting the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland and Greenland) and Sweden (including Finland).
- 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.
- February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset.
- September 29 - John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is created Duke of Exeter by his half-brother Richard II of England.
- Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother is created Duke of Surrey by King Richard.
| Gregorian calendar | 1397 MCCCXCVII
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| Ab urbe condita | 2150 |
| Armenian calendar | 846 ԹՎ ՊԽԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -447 – -446 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1941 |
| 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
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2057 (皇紀2057年) |
| Julian calendar | 1442 |
| Korean calendar | 3730 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1940 |
Births[]
- February 21 - Isabella of Portugal (†1471)
- May 6 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (died 1450)
- June 29 - King John II of Aragon (died 1479)
- August 10 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1439)
- November 15 - Pope Nicholas V (died 1455)
- Chimalpopoca, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (died 1427)
- Tlacaelel, Aztec nobleman (died 1487)
- Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician (died 1482)
- Paolo Uccello, Florentine painter (died 1475)
Deaths[]
- January 11 - Skirgiello, former Grand Duke of Lithuania
- February 18 - Enguerrand VII (born 1340)
- June 3 - William Montacute, English military leader (born 1328)
- June 16 - Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1358)
- September 2 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer
- September 15 - Adam Easton, Catholic Cardinal
- September 21 - Richard FitzAlan, English military leader (executed) (born 1346)
- date unknown - Thomas Holland (born 1350)
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People of the year 1397 at Familypedia
10 people were born in 1397
4 children were born to the 3 women born in 1397
25 people died in 1397
941 people lived in 1397
Events of the year 1397 at Familypedia
19 people were married in 1397.
There were 0 military battles in 1397.