TDIH - February 1 This Day in (Medieval) History: February 1 772 – Death of Pope Stephen III. 850 – Death of King Ramiro I of Asturias. 1222 – Death of Alexios Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond. 1248 – Death of Henry II, Duke of Brabant. 1261 – Birth of Walter de Stapledon, English Bishop and Lord High Treasurer. 1327 – Edward III became King of England, under the regency of his mother Isabelle and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1328 – Death of Charles IV of France. 1411 – The Peace of Thorn : treaty was signed ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War (which involved the Teutonic Knights against the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania). 1435 – Birth of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy. 1447 – Birth of Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg. 1459 – Birth of Conrad Celtes, German-speaking poet. 1462 – Birth of Johannes Trithemius, German-speaking historian. 1501 – Death of Sigismund of Bavaria.