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Jan 1, 1095
the first crusade
the first crusede started in 1095 when the pope thought it was time for the chritans to take the holy land. the armys were mad up of france germany and italy. -
Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1272
the crusades timespan
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Oct 1, 1097
the siege of antioch
godfrey of bouillon, duke of lorranaine, and tancred were the leaders of the siege. together tey had 700,000 but only 100,000 of them were mailed knights. the first captured nicaea the turkish capital in bithynia. the survivors then arrived at antioch. the siege lasted a year before the crusaders took it then pushed on to jerusalem -
Jul 1, 1099
the capture of jerusalem
the first atack on the city walls were repulsed. the second atack was successful and the crusaders took the city. once inside they massacred the enemies and took possession of there houses and property. -
Jan 1, 1147
the second crusade
in the second crusade new religious knights were formed the teutonic knights knights hospitaller and templar knights. they were made to fight off the new moslem threat. the new chrisian army march to take back land that the moslems regained. only a few thousand escaped and closed in 1149 the crusade and the crusades accomplished nothing. -
Jan 1, 1187
the cause third crusade
saladin the sultan of egypt started the third crusade by captureing jerusalem. the christians met saladin in a great battle near the lake of galilee. saladin took jerusalem. -
Jan 1, 1189
the third crusade
richard the lionheart stated by raising money for an army. -
Jan 1, 1191
the capture of acre
king philip and richard took acre after a hard siege. although king richard and salsdin were enimes when richard was sick saladin sent supplies and stoped attaking until he got better. saladin wanting to fight only the best helped richard on several occations wile richard tryed to posese the tomd of christ. -
Jan 1, 1192
the end of the third crusade
king richard and saladin made a truce alowing the christians to visit jerusalem. -
Jan 1, 1202
the forth crusade
after the third crusade the holy land wasnt effected much. the crusade leaders decided to make egypt there objective. -
Jan 1, 1204
the sack of constantinople
constantinople was raded and the crusaders burned a great part of it down. -
Jan 1, 1217
the fifth crusade
led by king andrew the second resulted in nothing when he focused his strength on egypt and lost. it ended in 1221. -
Jan 1, 1228
the sixth crusade
led by fredrick the second succeeded in securing jerusalem. -
Jan 1, 1270
the eighth crusade
king louis the 4th attaked the moors in north africa. -
Jan 1, 1271
the ninth and last crusade
prince edward succeeded i capturing nazareth and formed a treaty with the sultan of egypt. the christians had been eliminated in asia at the end of the thirteenth century.