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

• 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)

ca:1397 da:1397 de:1397 es:1397 eo:1397 fr:1397 nl:1397 pl:1397 pt:1397 ro:1397 sl:1397 fi:1397