LIMSwiki
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 3rd century – 4th century – 5th century |
| Decades: | 360s 370s 380s – 390s – 400s 410s 420s |
| Years: | 394 395 396 – 397 – 398 399 400 |
| Gregorian calendar | 397 CCCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1150 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5147 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 318–319 |
| Bengali calendar | −196 |
| Berber calendar | 1347 |
| Buddhist calendar | 941 |
| Burmese calendar | −241 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5905–5906 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3093 or 3033 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3094 or 3034 |
| Coptic calendar | 113–114 |
| Discordian calendar | 1563 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 389–390 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4157–4158 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 453–454 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 318–319 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3497–3498 |
| Holocene calendar | 10397 |
| Iranian calendar | 225 BP – 224 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 232 BH – 231 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 280–281 |
| Julian calendar | 397 CCCXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 2730 |
| Minguo calendar | 1515 before ROC 民前1515年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1071 |
| Seleucid era | 708/709 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 939–940 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 523 or 142 or −630 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 524 or 143 or −629 |
397 (CCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 397th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 397th year of the 1st millennium, the 97th year of the 4th century, and the 8th year of the 390s decade. As of the start of 397, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- John Chrysostom becomes the patriarch of Constantinople
Deaths
- April 4 – Saint Ambrose, one of the Church Fathers and bishop of Milan
- November 11 – Saint Martin of Tours, an "apostle of Gaul" and bishop of Tours
