1397

Year 1397 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events

 * - Queen forms the, uniting the three kingdoms of ,  (with  and ) and  (including ).
 * The capture the  Empire, the only remaining independent  state. Emperor  of  is taken prisoner and later disappears.
 * becomes of Vidin after his father's imprisonment.
 * attempts to reassert authority over his kingdom by arresting members of a group of powerful barons known as the.
 * is crowned as the Khan of with the help of general . Although,  continues to hold the real power.
 * succeeds as.
 * aka is elected.
 * is founded in north-west.
 * is founded in.
 * - becomes Earl of.
 * - is created  by his half-brother.
 * , John's brother is created by King Richard.

Births

 * -, ruler of Korea (died )
 * - King (died )
 * -, (died )
 * - (died )
 * , Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (died )
 * , Aztec nobleman (died )
 * , Italian mathematician (died )
 * , Florentine painter (died )
 * , Florentine painter (died )

Deaths

 * -, former Grand Duke of Lithuania
 * - (born )
 * -, English military leader (born )
 * -, French soldier (b. )
 * -, Italian composer
 * -, Catholic Cardinal
 * -, English military leader (executed) (born )
 * date unknown - (born )