Apr 17 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86 in the year 1297.
Aug 16 On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
Aug 19 Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) died in the year 1297.
Sep 11 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle in the year 1297.
Dec 31 Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) died in the year 1297.