1397

Years: 1394 1395 1396 - 1397 - 1398 1399 1400

Decades: 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

* 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.
* September 29 - Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent is created Duke of Surrey by Richard II of England.
* Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London
* The Kalmar Union unifies Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Births

* 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, Grand Prince of Lithuania
*June 3 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (born 1328)
*June 16 - Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
*September 2 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer
*September 15 - Adam Easton, Catholic Cardinal
*September 21 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (born 1346)
*Enguerrand VII de Coucy (born 1340)
*Robert de Vere, 1st Duke of Ireland
*Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (born 1350)

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