1397

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s
Years:	1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400

1397 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1397 MCCCXCVII
Ab urbe condita	2150
Armenian calendar	846 ԹՎ ՊԽԶ
Assyrian calendar	6147
Balinese saka calendar	1318–1319
Bengali calendar	804
Berber calendar	2347
English Regnal year	20Ric. 2– 21Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1941
Burmese calendar	759
Byzantine calendar	6905–6906
Chinese calendar	Bính tửNăm (FireRat) 4094 or 3887 — to — Đinh Sửu năm (FireOx) 4095 or 3888
Coptic calendar	1113–1114
Discordian calendar	2563
Ethiopian calendar	1389–1390
Hebrew calendar	5157–5158
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1453–1454
-Shaka Samvat	1318–1319
-Kali Yuga	4497–4498
Holocene calendar	11397
Igbo calendar	397–398
Iranian calendar	775–776
Islamic calendar	799–800
Japanese calendar	Ōei4 ( ứng vĩnh ４ năm )
Javanese calendar	1311–1312
Julian calendar	1397 MCCCXCVII
Korean calendar	3730
Minguo calendar	515 beforeROC Dân trước 515 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−71
Thai solar calendar	1939–1940
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa chuột năm (male Fire-Rat) 1523 or 1142 or 370 — to — Âm hỏa ngưu năm (female Fire-Ox) 1524 or 1143 or 371

Year1397(MCCCXCVII) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January–Mircea Itakes back the throne ofWallachia.
• February 10–John Beaufortbecomes Earl ofSomersetin England.
• June 6–Richard Whittingtonis nominated asLord Mayor of Londonfor the first time.
• June 17–Eric of Pomeraniais crowned inKalmar(Sweden) as ruler of theKalmar Union,a personal union of the three kingdoms ofDenmark,Norway(withIceland,Greenland,theFaroe Islands,ShetlandandOrkney) andSweden(includingFinlandandÅland) engineered by QueenMargaret I of Denmark,his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retainsde factopower in the realm.
• July 12–Richard II of Englandattempts to reassert authority over his kingdom by arresting members of a group of powerful barons known as theLords Appellant.
• September 25– TheTreaty of Kalmaris signed.
• September 29
  • John Holland, Earl of Huntingdonis createdDuke of Exeter,by his half-brother KingRichard II of England.
  • Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent,John's brother, is createdDuke of Surreyby King Richard.
• November 8–Thomas Arundel,accused of high treason by King Richard II of England, is replaced byRoger WaldenasArchbishop of Canterbury.

Date unknown

• TheOttomanscapture the town ofVidin,the capital of theTsardom of Vidin,the only remaining independentBulgarianstate.EmperorIvan SratsimirofVidinis taken prisoner by early this year and later disappears while his sonConstantine IIbecomes Emperor in his place.
• Temür Qutlughis crowned as the Khan ofGolden Hordewith the help of generalEdigu,although Edigu continues to hold the real power.
• The Università, a form of local government, is established inMalta.
• TheKirillo-Belozersky Monasteryis founded in northwesternRussia.
• TheSretensky Monasteryis founded inMoscow.
• The first hospital inal-Andalusis created, atGranada.
• Neuhausergasse 4, the brewer ofSpaten,is listed on the register ofMunichbreweries.
• Gregory of Tatevwrites theBook of Questions,a ten-volume encyclopedic work, at theTatev Monastery,in Armenia.

Births

• February 21–Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy(d.1471)
• May 15–Sejong the Great of Joseon,ruler of Korea (d.1450)
• August 10–Albert II of Germany,Holy Roman Emperor(d.1439)
• November 15–Pope Nicholas V(d.1455)
• date unknown
  • Chimalpopoca,Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d.1427)
  • Tlacaelel,Aztec nobleman (d.1487)
  • Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli,Italianmathematician (d.1482)
  • John de Ros, 7th Baron Ros,English noble and soldier (d.1421)
  • Paolo Uccello,Florentine painter (d.1475)

Deaths

• January 11–Skirgaila,Grand Duke of Lithuania
• February 18–Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy(b.1340)
• March 14–Henry VIII the Sparrow,Duke of Żagań–Głogów (b. c.1357)
• April 25–Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent(b.1350)
• 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)
• July 15–Catherine of Henneberg,German ruler (b. c.1334)
• September 2–Francesco Landini,Italian composer
• September 8–Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester,son of KingEdward III of England(b.1355)
• September 15–Adam Easton,English cardinal
• September 21–Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel,English military leader (executed) (b.1346)
• October 6–Vuk Branković,Serbian lord (b.1345)