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Emperor Alexious 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.
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The first crusade occured dirung 1096 - 1099. The People's Crusade - Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusade led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit.
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The crusades first gathered in Constantinople in fall 1096.
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Bohemond I, elder son of Robert buiscard, led the capture of Antioch.
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The second crusade occured during 1147 - 1149.The Second of the Crusades led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France
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In the bull Divina dispensatione Pope Eugene III approves of the crusading into Spain and beyond the Northeastern frontier of Germany.
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Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona, with the aid of an English fleet captures the moor city of Tortosa.
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The crusader church of the holy sepulcher is officially dedicated.
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The third crusade took place during 1189 - 1191. The Third of the Crusades led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Richard I made a truce with Saladin.
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Last known Norse visit to North America occurs.
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The Teutonic Knights are established by Germans in Palestine who also created a hospital near Acre.
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The fourth crusade led by the Fulk of Neuil Fench/Flemish advanced on Constantinople. The fourth crusade occured during 1202 - 1204.
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Crusaders launch an attack on the Christian city of Constantinople.
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A fleet carrying crusaders on the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus.
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The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople again and established the Latin Empire of Byzantium.
