THE CRUSADES timeline.

Period: 1095 to 1097

First Crusade 1095-1099: Pope Urban II delivers the speech at the Council of Clermont, calling for the First Crusade. This speech urged Christians to take up arms and reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
Period: 1147 to 1149

econd Crusade 1147-1149: The Second Crusade, led by European kings like Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, ends in disappointment with failed attempts to recapture territories lost to the Muslims.
Period: 1187 to 1182

Third Crusade (1187-1192): Philip II of France, Richard I of England (The Lionheart) and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor lead the Third Crusade. They took back many territories from Saladin but failed to win back Jerusalem.
Period: 1202 to 1204

Fourth Crusade (1202-1204): Pope Innocent III declares the Fourth Crusade to take back Jerusalem
Period: 1212 to 1213

Children's Crusade (1212):
Period: 1217 to 1271

Crusades Five through Nine (1217 - 1272): Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.

First Crusade 1095-1099: Pope Urban II delivers the speech at the Council of Clermont, calling for the First Crusade. This speech urged Christians to take up arms and reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.