The First Crusade

By NicLiu
  • Period: Jan 1, 1071 to Dec 31, 1071

    Byzantine army is destroyed by Turks

    1071
  • Period: Jan 1, 1071 to Dec 31, 1085

    Mercenary Seljuk Turks conquer Syria and Palestine. The City of Jerusalem is taken from the more civilised Saracen caliphs

    1071 - 1085
  • Period: Jan 1, 1085 to Dec 31, 1095

    3000 Christian Pilgrims were massacred in Jerusalem and the Christian churches were destroyed or used as stables

    1085 - 1095
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 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

    1095
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 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

    1095
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 1096

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

    1095 - Spring 1096
  • 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

  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Dec 31, 1096

    Armed forces gathered at Constantinople to embark on the First Crusade

    Summer 1096
  • Period: Aug 1, 1096 to Aug 31, 1096

    Emperor Alexius I shipped the Peoples Crusade over the Bosphorus

    August 1096
  • Period: Oct 1, 1096 to Oct 30, 1096

    The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia

    October 1096
  • Period: May 1, 1097 to Jun 30, 1097

    Siege of Nicacea

    May – June 1097
  • Period: Jul 1, 1097 to Jul 31, 1097

    Battle of Dorylaeum

    July 1097
  • Period: Oct 1, 1097 to Jun 30, 1098

    The Siege of Antioch

    Oct 1097 - June 1098
  • Jun 1, 1098

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

    1098 June 1
  • Jun 3, 1098

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

    1098 June 3
  • Jun 5, 1098

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

    1098 June 5
  • Jun 28, 1098

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

    1098 June 28
  • Period: Feb 14, 1099 to Jun 30, 1099

    The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli

    1099 Feb 14 - June
  • Jun 13, 1099

    Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem

    1099 June 13
  • Jul 15, 1099

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

    1099 July 15