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TDIH - January 28




This Day in (Medieval) History: January 28





592 – Death of Guntram, Merovingian King of Burgundy.



724 – Death of Yazid bin Abd al-Malik (Yazid II), Umayyad caliph.



814 – Death of Charlemagne (Charles the Great), King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, and Emperor of the Romans (Holy Roman Emperor).



1061 – Death of Duke Spytihnev II of Bohemia.



1069 – Robert de Comines, Earl of Northumbria, was killed when rebels set fire to the house where he was lodged at Durham, England.



1077 – Pope Gregory VII lifted the sentence of excommunication against Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, at Canossa, Italy.



1256 – Death of Count William II of Holland and Zeeland, King of Germany from 1254 until his death.



1271 – Death of Isabella of Aragon, wife of King Philip III of France.



1290 – Death of Dervorguilla of Galloway, mother of John Balliol, King of Scotland.



1312 – Birth of Queen Jeanne II of Navarre.



1443 – Death of Robert le Macon, senior member of King Charles VII of France's council.



1457 – Birth of King Henry VII of England.



1501 – Death of John Dynham, Baron of Dynham, who served as Lord High Treasurer of England.