History
1397
General
Population: 373 Million*
- Renaissance: Manuel Chrysoloray of Constantinople becomes first professor of Greek at Florence University starting the seeds of the Renaissance
- Technology: Oldest surviving books printed with moveable type printed in Korea
- Deaths: Poet Francesco Landino, Duke of Gloucester (murdered),
Europe
- England: Duke of Gloucester murdered and Richard II regains control - revenge against lords
- Greece: Turks invade
- Italian States: Bank of Medici founded in Florence
- Scandinavia: Kalmar Agreement unites three Scandinavian kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, Sweden under king Eric of Pomerania
Middle East
- Ottomans: Turks invade Greece