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The Byzantine Empire is destroyed by the Turks
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First Crusade is carried out in an effort to aid Byzantine Christians against Muslim invaders. The first of the four planned Crusader armies arrives in Constantinople Which is at that time ruled by Alexius I Comnenus.
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Crusaders moving through the Rhine Valley massacre Jews in Speyer. This is the first major slaughter of the Jews by Crusaders marching to the Holy Land.
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Armed forces gathered at Constantinople to embark on the First Crusade.
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Since relations between Byzantine leaders and the European Crusaders deteriorate, Godfrey De Bouillon leads an attack on the Byzantine Imperial Palace at Blachernae.
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The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city. Ending the First Crusade.
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The Second Crusade was from 1147 to 1149, during which the Turks managed to recapture Edessa. Edessa is a Crusader Kingdom in what is now southeast Turkey. It is also started to recapture territory recently lost to Muslim forces, but in the end only a few Greek islands are actually taken.
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German Crusaders under Conrad III stopped at Dorylaeum to rest and are destroyed by Saracens. They was so much treasure that was captured that the market price of precious metals throughout the Muslim world drops.
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German Crusaders travel through Hungary on their way to the Holy Land. On the way they would raid and pillage widely & caused a bunch of detruction.
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The Third Crusade lasted from 1187-1192. The Muslims lead a successful campaign against the Crusaders such as at The Battle of Hattin where a large Crusader army was demolished, then later at Jerusalem. Pope Gregory VIII called for another large-scale Crusade to retake the Holy Land.
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Acre surrendered to Kings Philip, Richard and Guy; Philip departed the Holy Land for France shortly afterward
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Richard's Crusaders marched again toward Jerusalem but turned back again. The End of the Third Crusade
