1437
year
1437 (MCDXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1437th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 437th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 15th century, and the 8th year of the 1430s decade. As of the start of 1437, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1400s 1410s 1420s – 1430s – 1440s 1450s 1460s |
| Years: | 1434 1435 1436 – 1437 – 1438 1439 1440 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1437 MCDXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2190 |
| Armenian calendar | 886 ԹՎ ՊՁԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6187 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1358–1359 |
| Bengali calendar | 844 |
| Berber calendar | 2387 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Hen. 6 – 16 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1981 |
| Burmese calendar | 799 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6945–6946 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4133 or 4073 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4134 or 4074 |
| Coptic calendar | 1153–1154 |
| Discordian calendar | 2603 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1429–1430 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5197–5198 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1493–1494 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1358–1359 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4537–4538 |
| Holocene calendar | 11437 |
| Igbo calendar | 437–438 |
| Iranian calendar | 815–816 |
| Islamic calendar | 840–841 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 9 (永享９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1352–1353 |
| Julian calendar | 1437 MCDXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3770 |
| Minguo calendar | 475 before ROC 民前475年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −31 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1979–1980 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1563 or 1182 or 410 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1564 or 1183 or 411 |
Events of 1437
change- Foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford.
- Ulugh Beg's Zij-i-Sultani star catalogue is published.
- Kazan Khanate is established.
- Edinbourgh is made the capital of Scotland.
| Gregorian calendar | 1437 MCDXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2190 |
| Armenian calendar | 886 ԹՎ ՊՁԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6187 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1358–1359 |
| Bengali calendar | 844 |
| Berber calendar | 2387 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Hen. 6 – 16 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1981 |
| Burmese calendar | 799 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6945–6946 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4133 or 4073 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4134 or 4074 |
| Coptic calendar | 1153–1154 |
| Discordian calendar | 2603 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1429–1430 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5197–5198 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1493–1494 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1358–1359 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4537–4538 |
| Holocene calendar | 11437 |
| Igbo calendar | 437–438 |
| Iranian calendar | 815–816 |
| Islamic calendar | 840–841 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 9 (永享９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1352–1353 |
| Julian calendar | 1437 MCDXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3770 |
| Minguo calendar | 475 before ROC 民前475年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −31 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1979–1980 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1563 or 1182 or 410 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1564 or 1183 or 411 |
Births
change- October 4 – John IV, Duke of Bavaria
- date unknown – Isaac Abrabanel, Jewish statesman (died 1508)
- probable – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England (died 1492)
Deaths
change- January 3 – Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (born 1401)
- February 21 – King James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
- June 10 – Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles the Bad, King of Navarre (born 1370)
- November 20 – Thomas Langley, cardinal bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England (born 1363)
- December 9 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1368)
- date unknown
- Niccolò de' Niccoli, Italian Renaissance humanist (born 1364)
- John II Stanley of the Isle of Man