Crusades

The Crusades Timeline

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  • Pope Urban II Preaches the First Crusade
    Nov 27, 1095

    Pope Urban II Preaches the First Crusade

    Pope Urban II preaches to his laity the importance of taking the Holy Land back from the infidels.
  • Apr 15, 1096

    First Crusade Begins

  • Jul 15, 1099

    Sack of Jerusalem

    The Crusaders sacked a direct line of cities leading to Jerusalem, which they took after a siege.
  • Order of the Templar Knights Formed
    Jun 14, 1120

    Order of the Templar Knights Formed

  • May 14, 1147

    Second Crusade Begins

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine Leads 300 Armed Women to Jerusalem
    Jun 14, 1147

    Eleanor of Aquitaine Leads 300 Armed Women to Jerusalem

    Eleanor, rather than being left at home, decides to follow her husband, Louis, King of France, on crusade with a following of other women
  • Jul 8, 1187

    Saladin Recaptures Jerusalem

  • Jan 21, 1189

    Third Crusade Begins

    After Saladin retakes Jerusalem, the Europeans decide they must take it back from him.
  • Oct 10, 1202

    Fourth Crusade Begins

  • Apr 12, 1204

    Crusaders Sack Constantinople

    The Crusaders are fed up with the Byzantine attitudes towards them while they are retaking the holy cities for them, so they sack their capitol city.