High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bal des Ardents (also known as Ball of the Burning Men or Bal des Sauvages) was an incident that occurred on 28 January 1393 when the French king Charles VI of France was almost killed and four members of the French nobility burned to death while at a celebratory dance held by the Queen, for the remarriage of a lady-in-waiting, the dancers were accidentally set on fire.