1397 1397 1396 Category="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 21 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (born 1346)
King Peter IV of Aragon (born 1319)
Enguerrand VII de Coucy (born 1340)
Robert de Vere, 1st Duke of Ireland
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (born 1350)