Year '1397' was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
★
July 20 - Queen
Margaret forms the
Kalmar Union, uniting the three kingdoms of
Denmark,
Norway (with
Iceland and
Greenland) and
Sweden (including
Finland).
★ The
Ottomans capture the
Vidin Empire, the only remaining independent
Bulgarian state. Emperor
Ivan Sratsimir of
Vidin is taken prisoner and later disappears.
★
★
Constantine II becomes
Emperor of Vidin after his father's imprisonment.
★
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.
★
Temur Qutlugh is crowned as the Khan of
Golden Horde with the help of general
Edigu. Although,
Edigu continues to hold the real power.
★
Thomas Arundel succeeds
William Courtenay as
Archbishop of Canterbury.
★
Richard Whittington aka
Dick Whittington is elected
Lord Mayor of London.
★
Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is founded in north-west
Russia.
★
Sretensky Monastery is founded in
Moscow.
★
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.
★
★
Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother is created
Duke of Surrey by King Richard.
Births
★
February 21 -
Isabella of Portugal (†
1471)
★
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, former Grand Duke of Lithuania
★
February 18 -
Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (born
1340)
★
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)
★ ''date unknown'' -
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (born
1350)