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May 15, 1071
Byzantine Army
Byzantine army is destroyed by Turks -
May 15, 1071
Mercenary Seljuk Turks
Mercenary Seljuk Turks conquer Syria and Palestine
The City of Jerusalem is taken from the more civilized Saracen caliphs -
May 15, 1085
Christian Pilgrims
3000 Christian Pilgrims were massacred in Jerusalem and the Christian churches were destroyed or used as stables -
May 15, 1095
Emperor Alexius I
Emperor Alexius I sent an embassy to Pope Urban II regarding the atrocities in Jerusalem and the growing threat of the Turks to Constantinople and the whole of Europe -
May 15, 1095
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II called a great council of the Church at Placentia, in Italy, to consider the appeal - decisions were deferred until later in the year 1095 -
May 15, 1095
Peter the Hermit
Spring 1096 Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade' - most were unarmed -
Nov 27, 1095
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II called a great council of clergy and nobles to meet at Clermont in France called the Council of Clermont. He called for a crusade against the Infidels -
May 15, 1096
Constantinople
Summer 1096 Armed forces gathered at Constantinople to embark on the First Crusade -
Aug 15, 1096
Emperor Alexius I
Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosporus -
Oct 15, 1096
Anatolia May
The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia May -
May 15, 1097
Siege of Nicaea
Siege of Nicaea July 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum Oct 1097 -
Jun 1, 1098
Stephen of Blois
Stephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul -
Jun 3, 1098
Bohemond I
Bohemond I, elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch -
Jun 15, 1098
Siege of Antioch
The Siege of Antioch 1098