Crusades Timeline

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  • Mar 21, 1096

    First Crusade

    The forces of the First Crusade leaves from Constantinopl
  • Apr 29, 1097

    Crusaders lay siege to the city of Antioch – it lasts for eight month

    The crusader armies crossed over into Asia Minor during the first half of 1097.
  • Mar 21, 1144

    Second Crusade

    Joscelin II allied with the Ortoqids and marched out of Edessa with almost his entire army
  • Apr 29, 1146

    A Turkish army attacks and captures the city of Edessa and slaughtered man

    the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa the previous year to the forces of Zengi
  • Apr 29, 1155

    Crusaders Defeated at Demascus

    divided into three "crusades": the First Swedish Crusade around 1155
  • Mar 21, 1187

    The Third Crusade

    Europe responded in 1189 by launching the Third Crusade led by Richard the ... by internal disputes, was defeated at the Battle of Hattin on 4 July 1187
  • Mar 21, 1192

    Third Crusade Ends

    Richard I and Saladin sign a peace treaty
  • Mar 21, 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    The Fourth Crusade (1202–04) was a Western European armed expedition originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion