What Happened In History Year 1397

Famous Birthdays in 1397

• 15th May » Sejong the Great, Korean king (d. 1450)
• 5th August » Guillaume Dufay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474)
• 10th August » Albert II of Germany (d. 1439)
• 15th November » Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)

Famous Deaths in History for 1397

• 3rd June » William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (b. 1328)
• 16th June » Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1358)
• 2nd September » Francesco Landini, Italian singer-songwriter, organist, and poet (b. 1335)
• 8th September » Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1355)
• 21st September » Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English admiral (b. 1346)

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