4th Crusade

By Iceyin
  • Period: Jan 1, 1198 to Sep 4, 1207

    The 4th Crusade

  • the begining
    Aug 1, 1198

    the begining

    Pope Innocent III proclaims the launch of the Fourth Crusade.
  • Oct 1, 1202

    Setting sail

    a fleet of 200 ships set sail from the lagoon of Venice
  • Nov 1, 1202

    Venice

    Christians on the Fourth Crusade arrive at Venice
  • Zara
    Nov 24, 1202

    Zara

    Crusaders capture Zara after 5 days of fighting
  • Apr 6, 1203

    Constantinople

    Crusaders launch on the Christian city of constantinople
  • Jan 1, 1204

    Baltic region approval

    Albert, a bishop of Buxtehude, gets official approval from Pope Innocent III for his crusade in the Baltic region.
  • Sack of Constantinople
    Apr 12, 1204

    Sack of Constantinople

    Nobody could have treated this ancient civilization worse. they burned down part of it and slaughter it's inhabitants
  • Baldwin of Flanders
    May 16, 1204

    Baldwin of Flanders

    Baldwin of Flanders becomes the first latin emperor of Constantinople and the Byzantine empire.
  • Henry of Flanders
    Aug 20, 1205

    Henry of Flanders

    crowned Emperor of the Latin Empire, formerly the Byzantine Empire, after the death of Baldwin I.
  • Boniface of Montferrat
    Sep 4, 1207

    Boniface of Montferrat

    Is leader of the Fourth Crusade and founder the Kingdom of Thessalonica, is ambushed and killed by Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria. which ends the 4th crusade.