1437
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1400s 1410s 1420s – 1430s – 1440s 1450s 1460s |
| Years: | 1434 1435 1436 – 1437 – 1438 1439 1440 |
| 1437 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1437 (MCDXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1437
- All Souls College, University of Oxford is founded.
- Ulugh Beg's Zij-i-Sultani star catalogue is published.
- The Kazan Khanate is established.
- James I of Scotland is stabbed.
- Edinburgh is made the capital of Scotland.
- Malmö in Sweden receives its current coat of arms.
- In a ceremony in Holyrood Abbey, James II of Scotland is crowned at the age of six by Pope Eugene IV.
| Gregorian calendar | 1437 MCDXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2190 |
| Armenian calendar | 886 ԹՎ ՊՁԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -407 – -406 |
| Bengali calendar | 844 |
| Berber calendar | 2387 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1981 |
| Burmese calendar | 799 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6945 – 6946 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十一月廿五日 (4073/4133-11-25) — to —
丁巳年十二月初五日(4074/4134-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 1153 – 1154 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1429 – 1430 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5197 – 5198 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1492 – 1493 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1359 – 1360 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4538 – 4539 |
| Holocene calendar | 11437 |
| Iranian calendar | 815 – 816 |
| Islamic calendar | 840 – 841 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 9 (永享9年) |
| Korean calendar | 3770 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1980 |
[edit] Births
- October 4 – John IV, Duke of Bavaria
- October 7 – Queen Dowager Insu, Mother of King Seongjong of Joseon Dynasty
- date unknown – Isaac Abrabanel, Jewish statesman (d. 1508)
- probable – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England (d. 1492)
[edit] Deaths
- January 3 – Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (b. 1401)
- February 21 – King James I of Scotland (b. 1394) (murdered)
- June 10 – Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles the Bad, King of Navarre (born 1370)
- November 20 – Thomas Langley, cardinal bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England (b. 1363)
- December 9 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)
- date unknown
- Niccolò de' Niccoli, Italian Renaissance humanist (b. 1364)
- John II Stanley of the Isle of Man
