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

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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.

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★ 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.

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★ 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)