What happened in 1397?
Kinkaku-ji Temple, Principality of Polotsk dissolved and Medici Bank — among 22 events recorded in 1397.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Sack of Torreblanca
1397 sack in Torreblanca, Spain
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People 9
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Callistus II of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Antony IV of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Henry of Langenstein died
German theologian
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Theodore Meliteniotes died
Byzantine Greek astronomer and teacher (c.1320–1393)
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Jahan Shah born
Born in Mardin. The third and greatest sultan of Qara Qoyunlu dynasty (1435–1467).
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Nicholas V born
Born in Sarzana. Pope of the Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455.
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Albert II of Germany born
Born in Vienna. King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia.
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Hacı I Giray born
Born in Trakai. Khan of Crimea.
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Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria died
Died in Bursa. Bulgarian tsar.
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Al-Ashrafiya Madrasa
A historic Islamic school, mosque, and Khanqah in the city of Taiz. It was built by the seventh king of the Rasulid dynasty, Sultan Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Ismail ibn Al-Abbas, in the year 800 AH (corresponding to 1397 AD).
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Pfarrkirche St. Andreas (Berchtesgaden)
Filial church
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Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
Monastery
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Economy & Trade 1
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Medici Bank
Bank of the Medici family
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Architecture & Engineering 6
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church in Kraków, Poland
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Ahrensbök Charterhouse
Monastery
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Kinkaku-ji Temple
Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
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Château Saint-Maire
Castle in the centre of Lausanne, Switzerland
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Buttsū-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Ios Palaiokastro
Castle in Ios, Greece
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Empires & Countries 2
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Kalmar Union founded
Kalmar Union was founded, with its capital at Oslo.
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Principality of Polotsk dissolved
Principality of Polotsk ceased to exist, having been centered at Polatsak.
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