- 1397
Year 1397 was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events
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February 10 -John Beaufort becomes Earl ofSomerset .
*July 20 - Queen Margaret forms theKalmar Union , uniting the three kingdoms ofDenmark ,Norway (withIceland andGreenland ) andSweden (includingFinland ).
*September 29 - John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is createdDuke of Exeter by his half-brotherRichard II of England .
* TheOttomans capture theVidin Empire, the only remaining independentBulgaria n state. Emperor Ivan Sratsimir ofVidin 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 theLords Appellant .
*Temur Qutlugh is crowned as the Khan ofGolden Horde with the help of generalEdigu . Although,Edigu continues to hold the real power.
*Thomas Arundel succeedsWilliam Courtenay asArchbishop of Canterbury .
*Richard Whittington (akaDick Whittington ) is electedLord Mayor of London .
*Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is founded in north-westRussia .
*Sretensky Monastery is founded inMoscow .
**Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother, is createdDuke of Surrey by King Richard.Births
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February 21 - Isabella of Portugal (d.1471 )
*May 6 -Sejong the Great of Joseon , ruler of Korea (b.1450 )
*June 29 - KingJohn II of Aragon (d.1479 )
*August 10 -Albert II of Germany ,Holy Roman Emperor (d.1439 )
*November 15 -Pope Nicholas V (d.1455 )
*Chimalpopoca , Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d.1427 )
*Tlacaelel , Aztec nobleman (d.1487 )
*Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli , Italian mathematician (d.1482 )
*Paolo Uccello , Florentine painter (d.1475 )Deaths
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January 11 -Skirgaila , former Grand Duke of Lithuania
*February 18 -Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (b.1340 )
*June 3 -William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury , English military leader (b.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) (b.1346 )
*"date unknown" -Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (b.1350 )
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