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 various calendars

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	20 Ric. 2 – 21 Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1941
Burmese calendar	759
Byzantine calendar	6905–6906
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4094 or 3887     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 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	Ōei 4 (応永４年)
Javanese calendar	1311–1312
Julian calendar	1397 MCCCXCVII
Korean calendar	3730
Minguo calendar	515 before ROC 民前515年
Nanakshahi calendar	−71
Thai solar calendar	1939–1940
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1523 or 1142 or 370     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1524 or 1143 or 371

Year 1397 (MCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January – Mircea I takes back the throne of Wallachia.
• February 10 – John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset in England.
• June 6 – Richard Whittington is nominated as Lord Mayor of London for the first time.
• June 17 – Eric of Pomerania is crowned in Kalmar (Sweden) as ruler of the Kalmar Union, a personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland) engineered by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retains de facto power in the realm.
• July 12 – 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.
• September 25 – The Treaty of Kalmar is signed.
• September 29
  • John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is created Duke of Exeter, by his half-brother King Richard II of England.
  • Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother, is created Duke of Surrey by King Richard.
• November 8 – Thomas Arundel, accused of high treason by King Richard II of England, is replaced by Roger Walden as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Date unknown

• The Ottomans capture the town of Vidin, the capital of the Tsardom of Vidin, the only remaining independent Bulgarian state. Emperor Ivan Sratsimir of Vidin is taken prisoner by early this year and later disappears while his son Constantine II becomes Emperor in his place.
• Temür Qutlugh is crowned as the Khan of Golden Horde with the help of general Edigu, although Edigu continues to hold the real power.
• The Università, a form of local government, is established in Malta.
• The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is founded in northwestern Russia.
• The Sretensky Monastery is founded in Moscow.
• The first hospital in al-Andalus is created, at Granada.
• Neuhausergasse 4, the brewer of Spaten, is listed on the register of Munich breweries.
• Gregory of Tatev writes the Book of Questions, a ten-volume encyclopedic work, at the Tatev 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, Italian mathematician (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 King Edward 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)