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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1397''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXCVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Mircea I of Wallachia|Mircea I]] takes back the throne of [[Wallachia]].
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset|John Beaufort]] becomes Earl of [[Somerset]] in England.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Richard Whittington]] is nominated as [[Lord Mayor of London]] for the first time.
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Eric of Pomerania]] is crowned in [[Kalmar]] (Sweden) as ruler of the [[Kalmar Union]], a personal union of the three kingdoms of [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] (with [[Iceland]], [[Greenland]], the [[Faroe Islands]], [[Shetland]] and [[Orkney]]) and [[Sweden]] (including [[Finland]] and [[Åland]]) engineered by Queen [[Margaret I of Denmark]], his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retains ''de facto'' power in the realm.
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[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]].
* [[September 25]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Kalmar]] is signed.
* [[September 29]] 
** [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter|John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon]] is created [[Duke of Exeter]], by his half-brother King [[Richard II of England]].
** [[Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey|Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent]], John's brother, is created [[Duke of Surrey]] by King Richard.
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Thomas Arundel]], accused of high treason by King Richard II of England, is replaced by [[Roger Walden]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] capture the town of [[Vidin]], the capital of the [[Tsardom of Vidin]], the only remaining independent [[Bulgaria]]n state. [[List of Bulgarian monarchs|Emperor]] [[Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria|Ivan Sratsimir]] of [[Vidin]] is taken prisoner by early this year and later disappears while his son [[Constantine II of Bulgaria|Constantine II]] becomes Emperor in his place.
* [[Temür Qutlugh]] is crowned as the Khan of [[Golden Horde]] with the help of general [[Edigu]], although Edigu continues to hold the real power.
* The Università, a form of local government, is established in [[Malta]].
* The [[Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery]] is founded in northwestern [[Russia]].
* The [[Sretensky Monastery]] is founded in [[Moscow]].
* The first hospital in [[al-Andalus]] is created, at [[Granada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts &ndash; Hospitals|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_12.html|publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine|access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref> 
* Neuhausergasse 4, the brewer of [[Spaten]], is listed on the register of [[Munich]] breweries.
* [[Gregory of Tatev]] writes the ''Book of Questions'', a ten-volume encyclopedic work, at the [[Tatev Monastery]], in Armenia.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy]] (d. [[1471]])
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Sejong the Great of Joseon]], ruler of Korea (d. [[1450]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Albert II of Germany]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1439]])
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas V]] (d. [[1455]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas V {{!}} Vatican Library & Dum Diversas |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-V-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Chimalpopoca]], Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d. [[1427]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Chimalpopoca, "Escudo humeante (1417-1426)|url=https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/chimalpopoca-escudo-humeante-1417-1426|website=Arqueologia Mexico|date=July 2, 2016|language=es|trans-title=Chimalpopoca, “Smoking Shield" (1417-1426)}}</ref>
** [[Tlacaelel]], Aztec nobleman (d. [[1487]])
** [[Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli]], [[Italian people|Italian]] mathematician (d. [[1482]])
** [[John de Ros, 7th Baron Ros]], English noble and soldier (d. [[1421]])
** [[Paolo Uccello]], Florentine painter (d. [[1475]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Skirgaila]], Grand Duke of Lithuania
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy]] (b. [[1340]])
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII the Sparrow]], Duke of Żagań–Głogów (b. c. [[1357]])
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent]] (b. [[1350]])
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]], English military leader (b. [[1328]])
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Philip of Artois, Count of Eu]], French soldier (b. [[1358]])
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Henneberg]], German ruler (b. c. [[1334]])
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Francesco Landini]], Italian composer
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester]], son of King [[Edward III of England]] (b. [[1355]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Adam Easton]], English cardinal
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel]], English military leader (executed) (b. [[1346]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Vuk Branković]], Serbian lord (b. [[1345]])

== References ==
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