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 Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1286 On this day in history mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60
1345 On this day in history death of henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)
1392 On this day in history death of aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22
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