1397

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

• June 29 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
• August 10 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• November 15 - Pope Nicholas V
• King Sejong the Great of Joseon, the humane scientist ruler of Korea

Deaths

• September 8 - Thomas of Woodstock (son of King Edward III of England)
• Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)