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Period: Jan 1, 1071 to Dec 31, 1071
Byzantine army is destroyed by Turks
1071 -
Period: Jan 1, 1071 to Dec 31, 1085
Mercenary Seljuk Turks conquer Syria and Palestine. The City of Jerusalem is taken from the more civilised Saracen caliphs
1071 - 1085 -
Period: Jan 1, 1085 to Dec 31, 1095
3000 Christian Pilgrims were massacred in Jerusalem and the Christian churches were destroyed or used as stables
1085 - 1095 -
Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 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
1095 -
Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 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
1095 -
Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 1096
Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade' - most were unarmed
1095 - Spring 1096 -
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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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Dec 31, 1096
Armed forces gathered at Constantinople to embark on the First Crusade
Summer 1096 -
Period: Aug 1, 1096 to Aug 31, 1096
Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus
August 1096 -
Period: Oct 1, 1096 to Oct 30, 1096
The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia
October 1096 -
Period: May 1, 1097 to Jun 30, 1097
Siege of Nicacea
May – June 1097 -
Period: Jul 1, 1097 to Jul 31, 1097
Battle of Dorylaeum
July 1097 -
Period: Oct 1, 1097 to Jun 30, 1098
The Siege of Antioch
Oct 1097 - June 1098 -
Jun 1, 1098
tephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul
1098 June 1 -
Jun 3, 1098
Bohemond I, elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch
1098 June 3 -
Jun 5, 1098
Emir Kerboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000 lays siege to the crusaders led by Bohemond
1098 June 5 -
Jun 28, 1098
The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch
1098 June 28 -
Period: Feb 14, 1099 to Jun 30, 1099
The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli
1099 Feb 14 - June -
Jun 13, 1099
Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem
1099 June 13 -
Jul 15, 1099
The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city
1099 July 15