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.