*Ø* Blogmanac | June 18, 1037 | the death of Avicenna

The death of Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina (known often by the corrupted Latin version of his name, Avicenna), the Persian philosopher, encyclopedist and physician whose works The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, also known as the Qanun, were highly influential in the Middle East and Europe in medieval times. He was born in 980.