crusades Elena Barriga and Sofia Peña

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  • Jan 1, 1071

    first crusade

    first crusade
    Byzantine army is destroyed by Turks
  • Jan 1, 1095

    first crusade

    first crusade
    Emperor Alexius 1st send 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.
  • Oct 1, 1096

    first crusade

    first crusade
    The peoples Crusade were destroyed by the Turks in Anatolia
  • Jun 28, 1098

    first crusade

    first crusade
    The battle of Orontes. Th e first crusade vwins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to raise the siege of Antioch
  • Jul 15, 1099

    first crusade

    first crusade
    The soldiers of the First crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city.
  • Dec 24, 1144

    Second crusade

    Second crusade
    Muslims forces under the command of imad ad-Din Zeing re-capture Edessa, originally taken by crusaders under Baldwin of Boulogne in 1098. This event makes Zengi a hero among Muslims and leads to a call for a Second crusade in Europe.
  • Mar 13, 1146

    second crusade

    second crusade
    Saxon nobles meeting in Frankfurt ask Bernard of Clairvaux for permission to launch a Crusade on pagan Slavs in the east. Bernard would pass the request along to Pope Eugene III who gives his authorization for a Crusade against the Wends.
  • Sep 15, 1146

    second crusade

    second crusade
    Imad ad-Din Zengi, founder of the Zengid Dynasty, is assassinated by a servant he had threatened to punish. Zengi's capture of Edessa from the Crusaders in 1144 had made him a hero among Muslims and led to the launching of the Second Crusade.
  • Oct 25, 1147

    second crusade

    second crusade
    Second Battle of Dorylaeum: German Crusaders under Conrad III stop at Dorylaeum to rest and are destroyed by Saracens. So much treasure is capture that the market price of precious metals throughout the Muslim world drops.
  • Jan 1, 1151

    second crusade

    second crusade
    the Toltec Empire in Mexico ended
  • Mar 3, 1186

    third crusade

    third crusade
    The city of Mosul, Iraq, submits to Saladin
  • Jan 1, 1189

    third crusade

    third crusade
    last known Norse visit to North America occurs.
  • Mar 1, 1189

    third crusade

    third crusade
    Saladin retorns to Damascus
  • Jan 1, 1190

    third crusate

    third crusate
    The Teutonic Knights are established by Germans in Palestine who also create a hospital near Acre.
  • Apr 20, 1190

    third crusade

    third crusade
    Philip II Augustus of France arrives at Acre to participate in the Third Crusade.
  • Mar 5, 1198

    fourth crusade

    fourth crusade
    The Teutonic Knights are re-formed as a military order in a ceremony at Acre in Palestine.
  • Aug 1, 1198

    fourth crusade

    fourth crusade
    Pope Innocent III proclaims the launch of the Fourth Crusade.
  • Dec 1, 1198

    fourth crusade

    fourth crusade
    A special tax on churches is created for the purpose of funding the Fourth Crusade
  • Jan 1, 1200

    fourth crusade

    fourth crusade
    Muslim conquests in India started a decline of Buddhism in northern India, eventually resulting in its effective elimination in the nation of its origin.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    fourth crusade

    fourth crusade
    Saladin's brother, Al-Adil, takes control of the Ayyubid Empire.