Timeline: 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.

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

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

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

1096

Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade' - most were unarmed

1096

Armed forces gathered at Constantinople led by leaders such as Tancred and Godfrey of Bouillon to embark on the First Crusade

1096

Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus

1096

The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia

1097

Siege of Nicaea

1097

Battle of Dorylaeum

1097

The Siege of Antioch

1098

Stephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul

Jun 3, 1098

Bohemond I, elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch

Jun 5, 1098

Emir Kerboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000 lays siege to the crusaders led by Bohemond

Feb 14, 1099

The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli

Jun 13, 1099

Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem

Jun 28, 1099

The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch

Jul 15, 1099

The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city

Jul 19, 1099

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.

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

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

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

Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade' - most were unarmed

Armed forces gathered at Constantinople led by leaders such as Tancred and Godfrey of Bouillon to embark on the First Crusade

Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus

The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia

Siege of Nicaea

Battle of Dorylaeum

The Siege of Antioch

Stephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul

Bohemond I, elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch

Emir Kerboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000 lays siege to the crusaders led by Bohemond

The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli

Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem

The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch

The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city

Pope Urban II dies, never hearing news of capture of Jerusalem

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

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

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

Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade' - most were unarmed

Armed forces gathered at Constantinople led by leaders such as Tancred and Godfrey of Bouillon to embark on the First Crusade

Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus

The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia

Siege of Nicaea

Battle of Dorylaeum

The Siege of Antioch

Stephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul

Bohemond I, elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch

Emir Kerboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000 lays siege to the crusaders led by Bohemond

The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli

Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem

The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch

The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city

Pope Urban II dies, never hearing news of capture of Jerusalem

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