FIRST CRUSADE - Byzantines were being invaded by Seljuk Turks and in 1095, they asked for help to the Pope Urban II. The Pope led the First Crusade, which took Jerusalem in 1099, and it was the most successful crusade in Europe.
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Mar 1, 1095
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
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Apr 12, 1095
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
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Nov 27, 1095
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
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1096
Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade' - most were unarmed
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1096
Armed forces gathered at Constantinople led by leaders such as Tancred and Godfrey of Bouillon to embark on the First Crusade
Godfrey of Bouillon - http://www.nobility.org/2018/03/08/godfrey-bouillon-kills-saracen-giant-siege-nicaea/ -
1096
Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus
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1096
The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia
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1098
Stephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul
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Jun 3, 1098
Bohemond I, elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch
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Jun 5, 1098
Emir Kerboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000 lays siege to the crusaders led by Bohemond
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Feb 14, 1099
The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli
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Jun 13, 1099
Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem
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Jun 28, 1099
The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch
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Jul 15, 1099
The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city
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Jul 19, 1099
Pope Urban II dies, never hearing news of capture of Jerusalem
