-
Nov 27, 1095
The First Crusade Begins
Pope Urban II initiates the First Crusade in response to a request from Alexios I Komnenos for assistance. -
Period: Nov 27, 1095 to Apr 13, 1204
Crusades 1-4
-
Jul 15, 1099
Jerusalem taken over by Crusaders
On July 15, 1099 the Crusaders entered the city of Jerusalem. After getting in, they proceeded to kill all remaining Jews and Muslims in the city and destory all signs of their religions. This event ended the First Crusade -
Jan 1, 1147
The Second Crusade Starts
The Second Crusade came to when the County of Edessa, the first of the Crusader states formed during the First Crusade, fell to enemy forces. A Cistercian monk named Bernad of Clairvaux was one of the many that preached for this Crusade. -
Dec 31, 1149
The Second Crusade Ends
The Second Crusade ended up being mainly a failure. The city of Jerusalem was once again under the control of the Muslims and the Crusaders had been met with many losses throughout the war. -
Oct 1, 1187
Jerusalem Falls... Again
Jerusalem changed hands once again in October of 1187. The Muslim king of Egypt and Syria, Saladin, had successfully taken control of the city for the Muslims. -
Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade Begins
The Third Crusade was led by the toughest of the Western rulers. Some of those rulers were the king of England, the king of France, and Richard the Lion-Hearted. -
Apr 27, 1192
The Third Crusade Ends
The Crusade ended in 1192 after Richard the Lion-Hearted decided against the capturing of Jerusalem. Instead he wrote up a treaty with Saladin that allowed unarmed Christians and Muslim merchants to freely enter the Holy Land, Jersualem, as they wished. Jerusalem would stay under Muslim rule as well. -
Jan 1, 1202
The Fourth Crusade Begins
The Fourth Crusade began just as all the others before it had, in that it was another conquest to capture the Holy Land away from the Muslims. The plan was initiated by Pope Innocent III and was to travel through Egypt in order to get at the Holy Land. -
Jan 1, 1204
The Fourth Crusade Ends
While the Fourth Crusade started out with the idea that it would be a conquest on the Holy Land, it actually turned out to be a commercial venture initiated by the Venetians. The crusaders were essentially hired by the Venetians to destory rival Christian ports, and went as far as to take out Constantinople.
