28 events with tag "Crusade"
1095
ID: 4777
Alexios I requests Western help - triggers First Crusade, unintended consequences follow
ID: 4777
1099
ID: 5105
Venice transports First Crusade - provides ships for crusaders, establishes trading posts in conquered territories
ID: 5105
1099
ID: 177
July 15, 1099
First Crusade captures Jerusalem - Crusaders massacre Muslims and Jews, blood knee-deep in streets
ID: 177
1100
ID: 176
August 2, 1100
William II Rufus killed by arrow while hunting - Henry I seizes English throne, some suspect assassination
ID: 176
1119
ID: 183
Knights Templar founded by nine knights - protect pilgrims, become international bankers
ID: 183
1147
ID: 189
Second Crusade launched by St. Bernard's preaching - will end in complete disaster
ID: 189
1147
ID: 5196
Louis VII departs on Second Crusade - leaves France from Saint-Denis, Suger as regent, disastrous expedition
ID: 5196
1174
ID: 199
Saladin unites Egypt and Syria - begins systematic reconquest of Crusader states
ID: 199
1187
ID: 200
July 4, 1187
Battle of Hattin - Saladin destroys Crusader army, captures True Cross, Jerusalem falls within months
ID: 200
1187
ID: 164
October 2, 1187
Christina rejoices wildly knowing Jerusalem falls to Saladin - says Christ celebrates souls to be saved through reconquest attempts
ID: 164
1189
ID: 202
Third Crusade begins - Richard Lionheart, Philip Augustus, Frederick Barbarossa respond to Jerusalem's fall
ID: 202
1189
ID: 2381
September 3, 1189
Richard I crowned at Westminster - Lionheart becomes king, immediately begins planning Third Crusade
ID: 2381
1190
ID: 223
Teutonic Knights founded in Acre - will conquer and Christianize Baltic region
ID: 223
1190
ID: 2382
Richard I sells offices and lands - 'I would sell London if I could find a buyer' to fund Crusade
ID: 2382
1190
ID: 5203
Philip Augustus departs on Third Crusade with Richard Lionheart - leaves regency to mother and uncle, returns early
ID: 5203
1191
ID: 205
September 7, 1191
Battle of Arsuf - Richard Lionheart defeats Saladin, but cannot retake Jerusalem
ID: 205
1192
ID: 2383
December 1192
Richard I captured returning from Crusade - held by Duke Leopold of Austria, then Emperor Henry VI
ID: 2383
1194
ID: 213
Richard Lionheart ransomed for 150,000 marks - twice England's annual revenue
ID: 213
1204
ID: 36
April 12, 1204
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople - Latin Empire established, permanent schism between East and West deepened
ID: 36
1248
ID: 5216
Louis IX departs on Seventh Crusade - sails from Aigues-Mortes, well-organized expedition to Egypt
ID: 5216
1250
ID: 5217
April 1250
Louis IX captured at Mansourah - entire army destroyed, king ransomed for huge sum, stays in Holy Land 4 years
ID: 5217
1254
ID: 5219
Louis IX returns from Holy Land - begins great judicial and administrative reforms, creates Parlement of Paris
ID: 5219
1270
ID: 2406
Edward joins Eighth Crusade - future Edward I seeks glory in Holy Land while father grows senile
ID: 2406
1270
ID: 5221
July 1270
Louis IX departs on Eighth Crusade - ill-advised expedition to Tunis, hoping to convert Emir
ID: 5221
1274
ID: 2408
August 19, 1274
Edward I crowned after returning from Crusade - 'English Justinian' begins legal reforms and conquest of British Isles
ID: 2408
1291
ID: 53
May 18, 1291
Fall of Acre - last Crusader stronghold lost, end of Crusader states
ID: 53
1444
ID: 76
November 10, 1444
Battle of Varna - Ottoman victory, last major crusade defeated
ID: 76
1456
ID: 115
St. John of Capistrano at 70 leads crusade at Belgrade - dying two months after victory
ID: 115