Editing 1396 (section)

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Martin I of Aragon|Martin I]] succeeds his brother, [[John I of Aragon|John I]], as King of [[Crown of Aragon|Aragon]] (modern-day northeastern Spain).<ref>Bisson, Thomas N. (1986). ''The Medieval Crown of Aragon: A Short History''. Clarendon Press, p. 125.</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; Queen [[Margaret I of Denmark]], [[Norway]] and [[Sweden]] publishes the [[Treaty of Kalmar]], proposing the personal union of the three kingdoms of [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] (with [[Iceland]], [[Greenland]], the [[Faroe Islands]], [[Shetland]] and [[Orkney]]) and [[Sweden]] (including [[Finland]] and [[Åland]]).<ref name="Richard White">White, Richard (2010), ''These Stones Bear Witness'', AuthorHouse, p. 56.</ref>
* [[July 23]] &ndash; Queen [[Margaret I of Denmark|Margaret]] makes her great-nephew and adopted son [[Eric of Pomerania]] joint ruler of Sweden. Eric has already been made joint ruler of Norway.<ref name="Richard White" />
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Battle of the North Inch]] ("Battle of the Thirty"): In a mass trial by combat on the North Inch of [[Perth, Scotland]], the [[Clan Cameron]] defeat the [[Clan Mackintosh]].<ref>"Site Record for Perth, North Inch; 'The Battle Of The Clans'; Inch Of Perth". ''canmore.rcahms.gov.uk''. [[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]. Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref>
* [[September 19]] &ndash; Duke of Brittany [[John V, Duke of Brittany|John V]] marries [[Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany|Joan of France]].<ref>Knecht, Robert (2004). ''The Valois: Kings of France 1328–1589''. Hambledon Continuum, p. 6-7.</ref>
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nicopolis]]: The [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] defeat a joint [[crusade]] by [[Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)|Hungary]], [[Kingdom of France|France]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and [[Wallachia]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Nicolle|first=David|year=1999|title=Nicopolis 1396: The Last Crusade|series=Campaign Series|location=London|publisher=Osprey Publishing}}</ref> led by [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|King Sigismund]] of Hungary. This is the last large-scale crusade of the [[Middle Ages]].<ref>"Battle of Nicopolis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref>
* [[October]] &ndash; A Transylvanian expedition captures [[Vlad I Uzurpatorul]], thus allowing the restoration of [[Mircea I of Wallachia]] to the throne.<ref>N. Djuvara, ''O scurtă istorie ilustrată a Românilor''. Ed. Humanitas, București, 2013, p. 119.</ref>
* [[October 31]] &ndash; The widowed [[Richard II of England]] (29), and six-year-old [[Isabella of Valois]] (daughter of [[Charles VI of France]]), are married in Calais, resulting in a temporary peace between the kingdoms of England and France.<ref>Williams, Deanne (2016). "Isabelle de France, Child Bride". In Martin, Catherine Gimelli; Melehy, Hassan (eds.). ''French Connections in the English Renaissance''. Routledge, p. 32-33.</ref>
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The [[Transit of Venus]], the last not to be part of a pair, is possibly observed by [[Aztec]] astronomers.<ref>SampleContents library, Transit of Venus.https://samplecontents.library.ph/wikipedia/wp/t/Transit_of_Venus.htm Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland]], marries [[Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland|Joan Beaufort]] in England.<ref>Weir, Alison (1999). ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy''. London: The Bodley Head, p. 108.</ref>