April 17, 1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) the start of the book’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.

May 7, 1397 – Sejong the Great, was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1450)

August 5, 1397 – Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)

August 10, 1397 – Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)

November 15, 1397 – Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)