1072 On this day in history death of ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007) 
1197 On this day in history petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies 
1253 On this day in history dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 
1286 Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 on this day in history. 
1345 On this day in history death of henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281) 
1392 Death of Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22 on this day in history. 
1399 Death of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366) on this day in history. 
1408 On this day in history johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies 