1437

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s
Years:	1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440

1437 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1437 MCDXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2190
Armenian calendar	886 ԹՎ ՊՁԶ
Assyrian calendar	6187
Balinese saka calendar	1358–1359
Bengali calendar	844
Berber calendar	2387
English Regnal year	15Hen. 6– 16Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1981
Burmese calendar	799
Byzantine calendar	6945–6946
Chinese calendar	Bính thầnNiên (FireDragon) 4134 or 3927 — to — Đinh tị niên (FireSnake) 4135 or 3928
Coptic calendar	1153–1154
Discordian calendar	2603
Ethiopian calendar	1429–1430
Hebrew calendar	5197–5198
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1493–1494
-Shaka Samvat	1358–1359
-Kali Yuga	4537–4538
Holocene calendar	11437
Igbo calendar	437–438
Iranian calendar	815–816
Islamic calendar	840–841
Japanese calendar	Eikyō9 ( vĩnh hưởng ９ niên )
Javanese calendar	1352–1353
Julian calendar	1437 MCDXXXVII
Korean calendar	3770
Minguo calendar	475 beforeROC Dân tiền 475 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−31
Thai solar calendar	1979–1980
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa long niên (male Fire-Dragon) 1563 or 1182 or 410 — to — Âm hỏa xà niên (female Fire-Snake) 1564 or 1183 or 411

The letter fromEric of Pomeraniato Malmö, about its coat of arms

Year1437(MCDXXXVII) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January–December

• February 20–21–James I of Scotlandis fatally stabbed atPerthin a failed coup by his uncle and former ally,Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.
• March 11–25– Nova Scorpii AD 1437 is observed fromSeoul,Korea.
• March 25– In a ceremony inHolyrood Abbey,James II of Scotlandis crowned at the age of six byPope Eugene IV.For security of the crown, the capital ofScotlandis moved toEdinburgh,fromDunfermline.
• April 23–MalmöinDenmark(nowSweden) receives its currentcoat of arms.
• June– A peasant army gathers at Bobâlna during theTransylvanian peasant revolt.The revolt will be crushed by January of next year.
• September 20–October 19– A Portugueseattempt to conquer Tangierfails, andPrince Ferdinandis taken hostage.
• December 9–Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor,dies, and is succeeded byFrederick III.

Date unknown

• Sandside Chasein the north of Scotland:Clan Mackaydefeat theClan GunnofCaithness.
• TheKazan Khanateis established.
• Ulugh Beg'sZij-i Sultanistar catalogue is published.

Births

• March 7–Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg(d.1512)
• April 30–János Thurzó,Hungarian businessman (d.1508)
• July 22–John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton,English Baron (d.1498)
• October 4–John IV, Duke of Bavaria(d.1463)
• date unknown–Isaac Abravanel,Jewish statesman (d.1508)
• probable–Elizabeth Woodville,Queen consort of King Edward IV of England (d.1492)

Deaths

• January 3–Catherine of Valois,queen ofHenry V of England(b.1401)
• January 22–Niccolò de' Niccoli,Italian Renaissance humanist (b.1364)
• February 21– KingJames I of Scotland(b.1394) (murdered)
• March 26–Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl,Scottish nobleman and regicide (executed)
• June 10–Joan of Navarre, Queen of England(b.1370)
• November 20–Thomas Langley,cardinalbishop of Durhamand lord chancellor of England (b.1363)
• December 9–Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor(b.1368)
• date unknown–John II Stanley of the Isle of Man