1397

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1360s  1370s  1380s  – 1390s –  1400s  1410s  1420s
Years:	1394 1395 1396 – 1397 – 1398 1399 1400

1397 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1397 MCCCXCVII
Ab urbe condita	2150
Armenian calendar	846 ԹՎ ՊԽԶ
Assyrian calendar	6147
Balinese saka calendar	1318–1319
Bengali calendar	804
Berber calendar	2347
English Regnal year	20 Ric. 2 – 21 Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1941
Burmese calendar	759
Byzantine calendar	6905–6906
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4093 or 4033     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4094 or 4034
Coptic calendar	1113–1114
Discordian calendar	2563
Ethiopian calendar	1389–1390
Hebrew calendar	5157–5158
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1453–1454
- Shaka Samvat	1318–1319
- Kali Yuga	4497–4498
Holocene calendar	11397
Igbo calendar	397–398
Iranian calendar	775–776
Islamic calendar	799–800
Japanese calendar	Ōei 4 (応永４年)
Javanese calendar	1311–1312
Julian calendar	1397 MCCCXCVII
Korean calendar	3730
Minguo calendar	515 before ROC 民前515年
Nanakshahi calendar	−71
Thai solar calendar	1939–1940
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1523 or 1142 or 370     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1524 or 1143 or 371

1397 (MCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1397th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 397th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 14th century, and the 8th year of the 1390s decade. As of the start of 1397, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Richard II of England takes revenge on his political opponents, the Lords Appellant.