TDIH - February 8 This Day in (Medieval) History: February 8 538 – Death of Severus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch. 882 – Birth of Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Abbasid Governor of Egypt. 1135 – Death of Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily. 1191 – Birth of Yaroslav II of Vladimir. 1204 – Death of Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor. 1229 – Death of Ali ibn Hanzala. 1238 – The Russian city of Vladimir was burned by a Mongol army. 1250 – Battle of Al Mansurah, Egypt, during the Seventh Crusade: Ayyubid forces led by Emir Fakhr-ad-Din Yusuf, Faris ad-Din Aktai, Queen Shajar al-Durr and Baibars al-Bunduqdari defeated a crusading army led by King Louis IX of France. 1250 – Death of Robert I, Count of Artois. 1250 – Death of William II Longespée, English martyr. 1265 – Death of Hulagu Khan, Mongol king. 1285 – Death of Theodoric of Landsberg. 1291 – Birth of King Afonso IV of Portugal. 1296 – Death of Przemysi II of Poland. 1314 – Death of Helen of Anjou, wife of King Stefan Urosh I of Serbia. 1347 – End of the Byzantine civil war: John V Palaiologos and John VI Kantakouzenos agree to share power. 1382 – Death of Blanche of France, Duchess of Orleans. 1405 – Birth of Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. 1487 – Birth of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.