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 Death of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281) on this day in history. 

1392 On this day in history death of aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22 

1399 On this day in history death of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366) 

1408 Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies on this day in history. 
