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Seljuk Turks conquer Syria and Palestine and later, take The City Of Jerusalem from the Saracen Caliphs.
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The Byzantine Army is defeated by the Seljuq Turks and they capture Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes.
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3000 Christian Pilgrims were massacred in Jerusalem and the Christian churches were destroyed and misused.
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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
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Pope Urban II called a great council of the Church at Placentia, in Italy, to consider the appeal.
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Peter The Hermit rallied ordinary people to join "The Peoples Crusade). Most of these people were unarmed.
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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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Forces gather at Constantinople to begin the First Crusade
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Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus where they are defeated by the Turkish
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The first major siege of the First Crusade. a majorly fortified city only fifty miles from Constantinople. The city was strongly defended by four miles of walls, and it's position on a lakeside made it very difficult to blockade.
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The Battle of Dorylaeum was a battle that nearly ended badly for the Crusaders. The Crusade was crossing the interior of Anatolia when Turkish Archers ambushed them. The Crusaders met a Turkish fighting force and they were forced back into their camp. When the end seemed near, Duke Godfrey arrived with backup, doing great damage, he pushed the Turks back causing them to flee and allowing the Crusaders to capture the area and win the battle.
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Antioch was a strategic location allowing supplies, reinforcement and retreat. It was prepared for an attack. Supplies were the biggest probem throughout the battle, the crusaders nearly starved to death bore the capture of the city on the 3rd of June
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The Crusaders successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and capture The Holy City
