User:Dr. Grampinator/sandbox/Crusade Chronology
A History of the Crusades: list of contributions
Latin Chronicles of the Crusades
The Growth of Islam[edit]
- 326. Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, travels to the Holy Land.[1] She returns with Holy relics and begins a tradition of Christian pilgrimage.[2]
- After 334. The Pilgrim of Bordeaux writes of his journey to the Holy Land in Itinerarium Burdigalense.[3]
- November 636. The Siege of Jerusalem begins as part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant. The city surrenders in 637, remaining under Muslim rule until 1099.[4]
- 711. The Muslim conquest of Spain begins.[5]
- 718. Pelagius of Asturias defeats the Moors at the Battle of Covadonga, beginning the Reconquista.[a] He later founds the Kingdom of Asturias.[b][6]
- 719. Moorish occupation of al-Andalus reaches its largest extent in Iberia.[7]
- 10 October 732. Charles Martel defeats the Moorish forces led by Abd al-Rahman at the Battle of Tours.[8]
- 25 January 750. The Umayyads are defeated at the Battle of the Zab, leading to the Abbasid Revolution.[9] The Abbasid Caliphate assumes control of the Holy Land.[c][10]
- 777. Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid pursue a Abbasid–Carolingian alliance.[11][12]
- 15 August 778. A contingent of Basques ambush Carolingian forces at the first Battle of Roncevaux Pass.[13]
- Before 787. Saint Willibald writes of his travels to the Holy Land.[14]
- 25 July 812. During the reign of Alfonso II of Asturias, Bishop Theodemir of Iria finds the remains of St. James the Greater. The site later is known as Santiago de Compostela.[15]
- 865. Frankish monk Bernard the Pilgrim writes his tinerarium of Bernard the Wise, an account of his travels to the Holy Land.[16]
- 27 August 909. The Fatimid Caliphate is established in Egypt.[d][17]
- 910. The Kingdom of León is founded under Garcia I of León.[e][18]
- 16 January 929. The Caliphate of Córdoba established under Abd ar-Rahman III.[f][19]
- May 965. The Muslim conquest of Sicily is completed with the successful Siege of Rometta against the Byzantines.[20]
- 969. The Fatimids take control of Jerusalem.[21]
- 974–975. The Syrian Campaigns of Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes fail to take Jerusalem.[22]
- 978–997. Almanzor (Ibn Abi ‘Amir) becomes chamberlain of the Caliphate of Córdoba and begins his campaigns against the Christians leading to the Sack of Barcelona (985) and the destruction of Santiago de Compostela (997).[23][24][25]
- 983. The Wends participate in the Slavic Revolt of 983 against the Holy Roman Empire under Otto the Great.[26]
Origins of the Crusades[edit]
Origins of the Crusades.[27]
1000
- 29 July. Almanzor defeats Castile at the Battle of Cervera.[28]
1009
- 27 September. Fatimid caliph al-Hakim orders the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.[29]
1015
- (Date unknown). Mujahid al-Amiri of Dénia seizes control of the Balearic Islands.[30]
1018
- (Date unknown). The Byzantines defeat the Lombards at the Battle of Cannae.[31]
1029
- 12 May. The Fatimids defeat a coalition of Syrian Bedouin tribes at the Battle of al-Uqhuwana, establishing control over the Bilad al-Sham, including Palestine, under the governor Anushtakin al-Duzbari.[32]
1035
- February. The Kingdom of Aragon is founded under Ramiro I of Aragon.[g][33]
1037
- (Date unknown). The Seljuk Empire is founded by the brothers Tughril Beg and Chaghri Beg.[34]
- (Date unknown). The Kingdom of Castile founded under Sancho II of Castile and León.[h][33]
1040
- Not earlier than. The 12th-century work The Song of Roland is written, based on the Battle of Roncevaux Pass and the exploits of the legendary Frankish military leader Roland.[35]
1046
- (Date unknown). A Byzantine army under the command of Liparit IV of Kldekari is defeated by a Seljuk force led by Qutalmish at the Battle of Ganja in Azerbaijan. Ganja was followed by another Seljuk victory at the Battle of Vaspurakan.[36]
1048
- 18 September. The Seljuks under Ibrahim Inal were defeated by the Byzantines at the Battle of Kapetron. Liparit IV of Kldekari was taken prisoner.[37]
1054
- 16 July. The East–West Schism splits the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.[38]
- (Date unknown). Tughril Beg is unsuccessful in his Siege of Manzikert.[39]
1055
- December. Seljuk leader Tughril Beg conquers Baghdad.[40]
1061
- May. The Norman conquest of Sicily begins under Robert Guiscard.[41]
- 30 September. Alexander II is elected pope.[42]
1063
- June. A Norman expeditionary force under Roger de Hauteville defeats a Muslim alliance from the Emirate of Sicily and the Banu Ziri at the Battle of Cerami.[43]
- 1 October. Alp Arslan becomes sultan of the Seljuk Empire.[i] [44]
1064
- 9 July. Ferdinand I of León captures the Portuguese city of Coimbra from the Moors after the first Siege of Coimbra.[45]
- Summer. Alexander II sanctions the Crusade of Barbastro against the Muslim Taifa of Lérida.[46]
- 16 August. Alp Arslan and Nizam al-Mulk capture the Byzantine city after the 25-day Siege of Ani.[47]
- (Date unknown). Gunther of Bamberg leads the Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065 to the Holy Land.[48]
1066
- 30 December. Much of the Jewish population of the city is killed in the 1066 Granada massacre.[49]
1067
- (Date unknown). The city of Caesarea was sacked by Alp Arslan after the first Battle of Caesarea.[50]
1068
- 1 January. Romanos IV Diogenes marries empress Eudokia and becomes Byzantine emperor.[51][52]
1069
- (Date unknown). Romanos IV Diogenes repels the Seljuks at the Siege of Iconium. He then begins his Campaign of 1069.[53]
1070
- (Approximate). A hospital is opened in Jerusalem under the Benedictine Blessed Gerard which later forms the basis of the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.[54]
- (Date unknown). The Seljuks defeat Byzantium at the Battle of Sebastia.[55]
1071
- 19 February. García II of Galicia declares himself count of Portugal after his victory at the Battle of Pedroso but is later overthrown by his brothers Sancho II of Castile and León and Alfonso VI of León and Castile. Galacia is later divided among Portugal and León.[56]
- 15 April. Robert Guiscard successfully concludes the three-year Siege of Bari against the major stronghold of Bari in the Byzantine Empire.[57][58]
- 26 August. The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantines at the decisive Battle of Manzikert. Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is captured.[59]
- 1 October. Michael VII Doukas ousts Romanos IV and becomes emperor.[60]
- Later. Danishmend Gazi founds the Turkoman beylik of Danishmendids in central Anatolia.[61]
1072
- Early January. In an internecine battle among Christian kingdoms, Sancho II of Castile and León defeats Alfonso VI of León at the Battle of Golpejera. After an initial setback, El Cid rallied the Castilians to victory.[62]
- 15 December. Vizier Nizam al-Mulk becomes the de facto ruler of the Seljuks after the assassination of Alp Arslan.[63] He served under the under Arslan's 17-year-old son, sultan Malik-Shah I.[64]
1073
- 22 April. Gregory VII is elected pope.[65]
- (Date unknown). Seljuk leader Atsiz ibn Uvaq captures Jerusalem. He later becomes emir of Damascus.[66]
- (Date unknown). The Seljuks defeat the Byzantines at the second Battle of Caesarea (1073).[67]
1074
- 1 March. Gregory VII begins planning an expedition to aid Eastern Christians.[68]
1077
- (Date unknown) The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm is established under Suleiman ibn Qutalmish.[69]
1078
- (Date unknown). The forces of Michael VII Doukas under future emperor Alexios I Komnenos suppress a rebellion at the Battle of Kalavrye.[70]
1079
- October. Atsiz ibn Uvaq is assassinated by Alp Arslan's son Tutush I who then become emir of Damascus. Tutush I appoints Artuk Bey as governor of Jerusalem.[71]
- (Date unknown). Seville defeats the Granada at the Battle of Cabra. El Cid supported Seville in defeating Abdallah ibn Buluggin of Granada.[72]
1080
- (Approximate) Roupen I establishes the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.[j][73]
1081
- 1 April. Alexios I Komnenos becomes Byzantine emperor.[k][74]
- 18 October. The Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat the Byzantines at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.[75]
- (Date unknown). El Cid banished from Castile by Alfonso VI.[76]
1082
- Spring/Summer. The Taifa of Zaragoza under El Cid defeats the Taifa of Lleida and its Catalan allies at the Battle of Almenar. Berenguer Ramón II, count of Barcelona, is captured and released for ransom shortly thereafter.[77]
1083
- (Date unknown). The Almoravid dynasty under Yusuf ibn Tashfin captures Ceuta.[78]
- (Date unknown). Alexios I Komnenos defeats the Norman force of Bohemond of Taranto at the Battle of Trikkala.[79]
1084
- May. Under siege from Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV since June 1083, Gregory VII asks for help from the Normans under Robert Guiscard. The emperor's forces are defeated by the Normans with an ensuing Sack of Rome.[80]
1085
- 17 July. Robert Guiscard dies and is succeeded as Duke of Apulia and Calabria by Roger Borsa, bypassing his eldest son Bohemond of Taranto.[81]
- Autumn. Alfonso VI of León and Castile defeats Yahya al-Qadir at the Siege of Toledo, taking the city held by the Moors since 932.[82]
1086
- 23 October. The Moors under Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeat Alfonso VI of León and Castile at the Battle of Sagrajas.[83][84]
- (Date unknown). Yağısiyan becomes the Seljuk governor of Antioch.[85]
1087
- Spring. A French military campaign led by Odo I of Burgundy and William the Carpenter, supported by Alfonso VI and Sancho Ramirez, is turned away by the Moors at the first Siege of Tudela.[86]
- August. The Byzantines are defeated by the Pechenegs at the Battle of Dristra.[87]
- August. The Mahdia Campaign of 1087 begins with Pisa and Genoa attacking the Tunisia coast.[88]
1088
1089
- (Date unknown). Urban II grants a Crusade bull to Berenguer Ramón II and Ermengol IV of Urgell at the time of the attempted Reconquest of Tarragona.[90]
1090
- (Date unknown). Hasan-i Sabbah establishes the Assassins after the capture of Alamut Castle in Persia.[91]
1091
- 29 April. An invading force of Pechenegs is crushed by the Byzantines under Alexios I Komnenos and his Cuman allies at the Battle of Levounion.[92]
- (Date unknown). Upon the death of Artuk Bey, his sons Sökmen and Ilghazi govern Jerusalem and begin the Artuqid Dynasty.[93]
1092
- 19 November. Malik-Shah I dies and Kilij Arslan becomes Sultan of Rûm shortly thereafter.[94]
- (Date unknown). Kerbogha becomes the first Seljuk atabeg of Mosul.[95]
1094
- (Date unknown). El Cid conquers the Taifa of Valencia.[96]
- (Date unknown). Barkiyaruq becomes Seljuk sultan of Baghdad.[97]
The First Crusade[edit]
1095
- 25 February. After the death of their father Tutush I, Duqaq becomes emir of Damascus and Ridwan the Seljuk ruler of Aleppo.[98]
- 1–7 March. The Council of Piacenza is convened, with ambassadors from Alexius I Komnenos beseeching Urban II for help in fighting the Seljuk Turks.[99][100]
- 17–27 November. At the Council of Clermont, Urban II issues a call to arms to reconquer the Holy Land for Christendom.[101]
1096
- Early February. The First Crusade begins as the leaders are identified and form their armies.[l][103]
- 12 April. The People's Crusade commences with Peter the Hermit and his army arriving at Cologne.[m][104]
- 18 May. The Worms massacre begins the Rhineland massacres of Jews.[105]
- August 15. The Armies of the First Crusade begin to depart for the Holy Land.[106]
- Later. Urban II extends crusading indulgences to Spain.[107]
- 21–29 September. The Seljuks under Kilij Arslan defeat the crusaders at the Siege of Xerigordos.[108]
- 21 October. The People's Crusade ends with their defeat at the Battle of Civetot.[109]
- November. Hugh of Vermandois and his army arrive at Constantinople.[110]
- 23 December. The army led by Godfrey of Bouillon and his brother Baldwin of Boulogne arrive at Constantinople.[111]
- (Date unknown). Peter I of Aragon completes the conquest of Huesca after the Battle of Alcoraz.[112]
1097
- Early. The army of Peter I of Aragon and El Cid defeats the Moors at the Battle of Bairén.[113]
- 26 April. The army of Bohemond of Taranto led by his nephew Tancred arrives at Constantinople. Bohemond himself had arrived earlier on 2 April.[114]
- 27 April. The Provençal army of Robert of Flanders arrives at Constantinople.[115]
- Late April. Raymond of Saint-Gilles and Adhemar of Le Puy arrive with their armies at Constantinople.[116]
- 14–28 May. The armies of Stephen of Blois and Robert Curthose arrive in Constantinople.[117]
- 14 May – 19 June. The Seljuk Turks under Kilij Arslan surrender the city of Nicaea, under their control since 1081, to the Byzantines after the Crusader Siege of Nicaea.[118]
- 1 July. After defeating the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan at the Battle of Dorylaeum, the Crusaders capture Arslan's treasure.[119]
- 15 August. The army of Alfonso VI of León and Castile is defeated by the Moors at the Battle of Consuegra.[113]
- 17 October. Baldwin of Boulogne leaves the main Crusader force and takes the fortress of Turbessel and makes Bagrat Pakrad governor.[120]
- 20 October. The Siege of Antioch begins, pitting the combined Crusader armies against the defenders of Antioch, led by Yağısiyan.[121]
- 31 December. The relief force from Damascus under Duqaq is turned back.[122]
1098
- 9 February. The Aleppian force of Ridwan is stopped at the Battle of the Lake of Antioch.[122]
- 14–20 February. Baldwin of Boulogne undertakes an unsuccessful Expedition to Samosata to conquer the city of Samsat.[123]
- 9 March. Baldwin of Boulogne establishes the County of Edessa, the first of the Crusader states.[n][124]
- 3 June. The city of Antioch is captured and Yağısiyan is killed. The next day, a counterattack is mounted by Kerbogha.[125]
- 14 June. Peter Bartholomew claims to have miraculously found the Holy Lance.[126]
- 28 June. The forces of Kerbogha are defeated at the Battle of Antioch.[127]
- Early July. The Principality of Antioch is established under Bohemond.[o][128]
- 1 August. Adhemar of Le Puy, the pope's representative for the expedition, dies of the plague.[129]
- 26 August. Al-Afdal Shahanshah captures Jerusalem from the Seljuks and installs Iftikhar Ad-Daulah as governor of the city.[130]
- 3–10 October. The Council of Bari is convened by Urban II.[131]
- 11 December. The Crusaders are successful in their Siege of Ma'arrat Nu'man begun on 27 November.[p][133]
1099
- 13 May. Tancred is unsuccessful in his Siege of Arqa.[134]
- 7 June – 15 July. The Crusaders capture the Holy City after the Siege of Jerusalem.[135]
- 22 July. Godfrey of Bouillon becomes the first ruler of Jerusalem.[q][137]
- 29 July. Urban II dies, never knowing that his crusade was successful.[89]
- 1 August. Arnulf of Chocques is elected as the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.[138]
- 12 August. The First Crusade ends with the successful Battle of Ascalon, defeating the Fatimids under Al-Afdal Shahanshah.[r][140]
- 13 August. Paschal II is elected pope.[141]
- 15 October 15. Godfrey begins the first Siege of Arsuf, to be abandoned without success on 15 December.[142]
- 25 December. Arnulf of Chocques abdicates and Daimbert of Pisa becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.[143]
- (Date unknown). The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitaller, is formed.[54]
- (Date unknown). Tancred becomes prince of Galilee.[144]
The Kingdom of Jerusalem[edit]
1100
- 18 July. Godfrey of Bouillon dies.[137]
- August. A force led by Bohemond of Taranto is defeated by that of Gazi Gümüshtigin at the Battle of Melitene. Bohemond is captured, to be held for three years. Tancred then becomes regent of Antioch.[145]
- 15 November. Paschal II preaches new a crusade, threatening excommunication for failure to fulfill vows.[146]
- Christmas Day. Baldwin I of Jerusalem is elected king.[s][147]
- Late. Gesta Francorum (Deeds of the Franks), an anonymous chronicle covering the period from November 1095 until the Battle of Ascalon, is written.[148]
1101
- 29 April. Baldwin I of Jerusalem is successful in the second Siege of Arsuf and he continues his campaign and captures Caesarea on 2 May.[149]
- 23 June. Raymond of Saint Gilles captures Ankara in his advance through Asia Minor.[150]
- Summer. The Crusade of 1101 begins with a force of Lombards, Nivernais, French and Bavarians to reinforce the young Kingdom of Jerusalem.[151]
- August. The Seljuks and Danishmendids defeat the Lombard force at the Battle of Mersivan.[t][152]
- August. The remaining Crusader forces are defeated by Kilij Arslan at Heraclea Cybistra, ending the Crusade of 1101.[u][153]
- 7 September. Baldwin I of Jerusalem leads his crusader force to victory over the Fatimids at the First Battle of Ramla.[154]
1102
- Spring. The first Siege of Acre by the Crusaders is inconclusive.[155]
- 5 May. Valencia taken by the Moors.[156]
- 17 May. The Fatimids defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Second Battle of Ramla.[154]
- 28 May. The Crusaders recover from their loss at Ramla and defeat the Fatimids at the Siege of Jaffa.[157]
- 11 September. Ramon Berenguer III attacks the Moors and is defeated at the Battle of Mollerussa.[158]
- (Date unknown). Mons Peregrinus (Castle of Mount Pilgrim) is constructed by Raymond of Saint Gilles near Tripoli.[159]
- (Date unknown). The Crusader states begin their Siege of Tripoli, then under the Seljuks. The siege would last until 12 July 1109, with a Crusader victory.[160]
- (Date unknown). Raymond of Aguilers writes his chronicle Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem (History of the Franks who captured Jerusalem).[161]
1103
- April/May. Tancred captures Latakia from the Byzantines after an 18-month siege.[162]
- August. Bohemond of Taranto returns to Antioch after being ransomed by Latin Patriarch Bernard of Valence with the help of the Armenian noble Kogh Vasil.[163]
1104
- 7 May. The Crusader states of Antioch and Edessa, are defeated by Jikirmish and Sökman at the Battle of Harran, their first major battle.[164]
- Afterwards. Baldwin of Bourcq (then count of Edessa and later king of Jerusalem as Baldwin II) and Joscelin I of Edessa are taken captive.[165]
- 25 May. With the help of a Geneose fleet, Baldwin I of Jerusalem defeats the Fatimids at the second Siege of Acre that began 20 days earlier.[166]
- 14 June. Toghtekin establishes the Burid Dynasty and becomes emir of Damascus after the death of Duqaq.[167]
- 28 September. Alfonso the Battler becomes king of Aragon and Navarre.[168]
- (Date unknown). Sæwulf, an English pilgrim who travelled to the Holy Land in 1102–1103, writes of his adventures.[169]
1105[edit]
- 13 February. Muhammad I Tapar becomes sultan of the Seljuks.[170]
- 28 February. Raymond of Saint Gilles dies at Tripoli.[171]
- Spring. Tancred is successful at the Battle of Artah, defeating the Aleppine forces of Ridwan.[172]
- 27 August. Baldwin I of Jerusalem defeats the Fatimids at the Third Battle of Ramla.[173]
1106
- 26 May. Bruno of Segni conducts a Council at Poitiers to summon a crusade in support of Bohemond of Taranto.[174]
- Late. Jikirmish is murdered by Jawali Saqawa as he takes Mosul. Baldwin of Bourcq is now Jawali's prisoner.[175]
- (Date unknown). Fulcher of Chartres, a priest who participated in the First Crusade eventually joining Baldwin I of Jerusalem, publishes the first version of his chronicle Gesta Francorum Iherusalem Perefrinantium.[176]
- Approximate. Daniel of Kiev makes a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.[177]
1107
- June. After the Battle of Mosul, Kilij Arslan was defeated by Muhammad I Tapar, Ilghazi and Ridwan of Aleppo at the battle of Khabur River where he died.[178]
- 9 October. Bohemond of Taranto invades Byzantium, beginning his crusade.[179]
- November. The Siege of Dyrrhachium begins, to last eleven months with a Byzantine victory.[180]
- Autumn. The Norwegian Crusade led by Sigurd the Crusader begins with attacks on Iberia.[181]
1108
- 29 May. The Moors defeat the forces of Alfonso VI of León and Castile at the Battle of Uclés.[182]
- Summer. Baldwin of Bourcq is released and returns to Edessa.[183]
- September. Negotiations between Alexius I Komnenos and Bohemond of Taranto begin, resulting in the Treaty of Devol in which Bohemond agrees to become a vassal to the emperor. This ended the Siege of Dyrrhachium.[184]
- October. Mawdud replaces Jawali Saqawa as atabeg of Mosul.[185]
- (Date unknown). Benedictine historian Guibert of Nogent writes Dei gesta per Francos (Deeds of God through the Franks).[186]
- (Date unknown). French historian Bartolf of Nangis published Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnatium.[187]
1109
- 12 July. The Crusaders take the city after the successful conclusion of the Siege of Tripoli. This led to the establishment of the County of Tripoli under Bertrand of Toulouse.[v][160]
- (Date uncertain, 1108 or 1109). Sigurd the Crusader attacks Formentera in the Balearic Islands.[188]
1110[edit]
- February – 13 May. Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Bertrand of Toulouse defeat the Fatimids at the Siege of Beirut.[189]
- 19 October – 5 December. Baldwin I and Sigurd the Crusader capture the city from the Fatimids after the Siege of Sidon.[190]
- (Date unknown). Imprisoned since the death of his father Kilij Arslan, Malik Shah becomes Seljuk sultan of Rûm, a position vacant for three years.[191]
- (Date unknown). Tancred takes control of the Arab fortress of Krak des Chevaliers.[192]
- (Date unknown). Baldric of Dol writes his Historiae Hierosolymitanae libri IV.[193]
1111
- 25 May. The Moors succeed in the Capture of Santarém, overwhelming the forces of Henry of Portugal.[194]
- 13–29 September. The forces of Baldwin I of Jerusalem meet those of Mawdud at the Battle of Shaizar. The battle is inconclusive and the Crusaders withdraw.[195]
- (Date unknown). Peter Tudebode writes his Historia de Hierosolymitano itinere, a history of the First Crusade.[148]
1112
- April–June. Mawdud attacks Edessa.[195]
- 12 October. Vasil Dgha becomes ruler of Raban and Kaisun upon the death of his father Kogh Vasil.[196]
- 12 December. Tancred dies and is succeeded by Joscelin I of Edessa at Galilee.[144]
- December. Arnoulf of Chocques is elected as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.[197]
- (Date unknown). Benedictine monk Sigebert of Gembloux writes his Chronicon sive Chronographia, a chronological survey covering 1008–1111.[198]
1113
- 15 February. Paschal II issues papal bull Pie postulatio voluntatis recognizing the Knights Hospitaller.[199]
- 28 June. Mawdud and Toghtekin lead the Seljuks to victory of the forces of Baldwin I of Jerusalem at the Battle of al-Sannabra.[200]
- August. Having repudiated his wife Arda of Armenia, Baldwin I of Jerusalem marries Adelaide del Vasto.[201]
- September. The Balearic Islands Expedition begins with a raid on Ibiza.[202]
- 2 October. Mawdud is murdered by Assassins and is succeeded by al-Bursuqi as atabeg of Mosul.[203]
- 10 December. Ridwan dies and is succeeded as sultan of Aleppo by his son Alp Arslan al-Akhras under the regency of Lu'lu' al-Yaya.[203]
- (Date unknown). The Byzantines turn back a Seljuk raid at the Siege of Nicaea.[204]
1114
- June. Ramon Berenguer III leads the Balearic Islands Expedition, capturing the islands from the Taifa of Dénia in August 1115.[202]
- August. William V of Montpellier, as part of this expedition, captures Majorca from the Moors.[202]
- 19 November. A massive earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.5 strikes Syria.[205]
- Late. Ilghazi defeats al-Bursuqi, who is replaced as atabeg of Mosul by Juyûsh-Beg and by Bursuk ibn Bursuk as Seljuk commander.[206]
1115
- Summer/Fall. Baldwin I of Jerusalem begins construction of the castle Krak de Montreal.[207]
- 14 September. A Crusader army led by Roger of Salerno defeats the Seljuks under Bursuk ibn Bursuk at the Battle of Tell Danith (Battle of Sarmin).[208]
1116
- Autumn. A Byzantine army led by Alexios I Komnenos defeats the forces of Malik Shah at the Battle of Philomelion.[209]
- Later. After signing a treaty with the Byzantines, Malik Shah is murdered by his brother Mesud I.[191]
- (Date unknown). Ramon Berenguer III travels to Rome to petition Paschal II for a crusade to liberate Tarragona.[210]
- (Date unknown). The Armenian lands of Vasil Dgha are conquered by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.[211]
1117
- 2 June. Ali ibn Yusuf fails in his attempt to capture the city in the second Siege of Coimbra.[212]
- No earlier than. Liber maiolichinus de gestis Pisanorum illustribus is written, detailing the Balearic Islands Expedition.[213]
1118
- March. Baldwin I of Jerusalem launches a campaign against Egypt where he becomes ill and dies at el-'Arish.[147]
- 2 April. Baldwin II of Jerusalem becomes king.[214]
- 18 April. Muhammad I Tapar dies and was succeeded as Seljuk sultan by Mahmud II.[97]
- 15 August. Alexios I Komnenos dies and is succeeded by his son John II Komnenos.[215]
- May–December. The Conquest of Zaragoza led by Alfonso I of Aragon takes the city of Zaragoza from the Moors. Alfonso I was granted a Crusade bull for this endeavor.[216][217]
- December. Roger of Antioch and Leo I of Armenia capture Azaz from Ilghazi.[218]
- (Date unknown). Norman chaplain Ralph of Caen writes Gesta Tancredi (The Deeds of Tancred in the Crusade).[219]
1119
- 1 February. Callixtus II becomes pope.[220]
- Spring. John II Komnenos defeats the Seljuks of Rûm at the Siege of Laodicea.[221]
- 28 June. Roger of Salerno's Crusader army is annihilated by the forces of Ilghazi at the Battle of Ager Sanguinis (Battle of the Field of Blood).[222]
- 14 August. Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeats Ilghazi at the Battle of Hab (also known as the Second Battle of Tell Danith).[223]
- (Date unknown). Alfonso I of Aragon conquers the city in the second Siege of Tudela.[224]
- (Date unknown). Hugues de Payens founds the Knights Templar and becomes its first Grand Master.[225]
1120
- 16 January. The Council of Nablus establishes the written laws of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.[226]
- June. Alfonso I of Aragon defeats the Almoravids at the Battle of Cutanda.[227]
- (Date unknown). William IX of Aquitaine joins forces with the Castilians in an unsuccessful effort to take Cordoba.[228]
- (Date unknown). The forces of John II Komnenos defeat those of the Seljuks of Rûm at the Siege of Sozopolis.[221]
- (Date unknown). Callixtus II issues the papal bull Sicut Judaeis laying out the Church's position on Jews.[229]
1121
- 12 August. The forces of Ilghazi are defeated by those of David IV of Georgia at the Battle of Didgori, the culmination of the Georgian–Seljuk Wars.[230]
- 11 December. Al-Afdal Shahanshah is murdered by Assassins.[231]
- (Date unknown). German historian Albert of Aix writes his Historia Hierosolymitanae expeditionis (History of the Expedition to Jerusalem), an account of the First Crusade,.[232]
1122
- February. Tbilisi is recovered by David IV of Georgia from the Seljuks after the Siege of Tbilisi.[233]
- 8 August. The Venetian Crusade begins with Battle of Jaffa in which the Venetian fleet defeated the Fatimids.[234]
- 13 September. Joscelin I of Edessa and Waleran of Le Puiset are captured by Belek Ghazi, later emir of Aleppo.[235]
- (Date unknown). Callixtus II declares a crusade in Spain.[107]
1123
- 18 March. The First Council of the Lateran is convened.[w][237]
- 18 April. Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by Belek Ghazi at Kharput, joining Joscelin I and Waleran.[238]
- 29 May. A Crusader force under Eustace Grenier defeats the Fatimids at the Battle of Iberlin.[239]
- Late. Pactum Warmundi, a treaty between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Republic of Venice, is negotiated.[240]
- Approximate. French poet Gilo of Toucy writes Historia de via Hierosolymitana, an epic verse history of the First Crusade.[241]
1124
- 6 May. Belek Ghazi is killed in battle, and his hostages are taken by his cousin Timurtash.[242]
- 29 June. The Venetians and Franks are successful in the Siege of Tyre, capturing the city from Toghtekin and ending the Venetian Crusade.[234]
- 29 August. Baldwin II of Jerusalem is released after paying Timurtash a ransom and providing additional hostages, including his daughter Ioveta of Bethany.[243]
- 6 October. Baldwin II of Jerusalem begins Siege of Aleppo to secure the release of Timurtash's hostages.[244]
- Not earlier than. Historia Roderici, an early history of El Cid, is written.[245]
- (Date unknown). Al-Bursuqi is reinstated as atabeg of Mosul.[246]
1125
- 25 January. Ibn al-Khashshab is reinforced by al-Bursuqi, causing Baldwin II of Jerusalem to withdraw from the Siege of Aleppo.[244]
- 11 June. Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Leo I of Armenia defeat the forces of al-Bursuqi and Toghtekin at the Battle of Azaz.[247]
- September. Ioveta of Bethany and the other hostages are ransomed with the booty of Azaz.[247]
- 2 September. Alfonso I lauches the Granada campaign to attempt to capture the city.[248]
- (Date unknown). Bavarian abbot Ekkehard of Aura writes his Hierosolymita, covering the period 1098–1125.[249]
- (Date unknown) English historian William of Malmesbury writes Gesta Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the Kings of the English).[250]
1126
- 26 January. Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeats Toghtekin at the Battle of Marj al-Saffar but fails to take Damascus, the untimate objective of the campaign.[251]
- 26 November. Al-Bursuqi is murdered by Assassins, believed to be on the orders of Mahmud II.[252]
- November. Toghtekin grants the castle at Banias to the Assassins.[253]
Zengi and the Fall of Edessa[edit]
1127
- September. Imad al-Din Zengi becomes atabeg of Mosul, beginning the Zengid dynasty.[254]
- Summer/Fall. Stephen II of Hungary sacks Belgrade, beginning the Byzantine–Hungarian War.[221]
1128
- 12 February. Toghtekin dies and is succeeded by his son Taj al-Muluk Buri.[167]
- 18 June. Zengi becomes atabeg of Aleppo.[255]
1129
- 13 January. Bernard of Clairvaux convenes the Council of Troyes which approves the Latin Rule for Templar conduct.[256]
- 2 June. Fulk V of Anjou, later king of Jerusalem, marries Melisende of Jerusalem, the heir to the kingdom.[257]
- October – 5 December. Baldwin II of Jerusalem begins the Crusade of 1129 against Damascus defended by Buri. The attack was abandoned with only the castle of Banias captured.[258]
1130
- 14 February. Innocent II becomes pope.[259]
- February. Bohemond II of Antioch is killed in battle with the Danishmends near the Ceyhan River and is succeeded at Antioch by his daughter Constance of Antioch.[260]
- Later. Alice of Antioch (wife of Bohemond II and daughter of Baldwin II) attempts to make an alliance with Zengi and is expelled from Antioch.[260]
- May. The Moors defeat Aragon at the Battle of Valencia.[261]
- Spring. Zengi lays siege to the Crusader-held city of al-Atharib defended by Baldwin II of Jerusalem. After winning the Battle of al-Atharib, Zengi reduces the city to rubble.[262]
- October. Alfonso I of Aragon launches the Siege of Bayonne against the Aquitainian city of Bayonne defended by William X of Aquitaine. The siege was lifted after a year without success.[263]
1131
- 21 August. Baldwin II of Jerusalem dies and is succeeded by his daughter Melisende of Jerusalem and her husband Fulk of Jerusalem as queen and king of Jerusalem.[264][265]
1132
- 6 June. Taj al-Muluk Buri dies and his son Shams al-Mulk Isma'il becomes ruler of Damascus and head of the Burid dynasty.[167]
- Summer. Zengi marches on Baghdad to add it to his dominions and is defeated by the forces of caliph al-Mustarshid.[266]
- 11 December. Shams al-Mulk Isma'il captures Banias from the Crusaders.[267]
- (Date unknown). Alice of Antioch reasserts her claim to Antioch.[268]
1133
- (Date unknown). Zengi raids the County of Tripoli and defeats the Crusades at the Battle of Rafaniyya.[269]
1134
- March. Tashfin ibn Ali defeats a Castilian raiding party at the Battle of Badajoz.[270]
- 17 July. Moors defeat Alfonso I of Aragon at the Battle of Fraga.[271]
- Late. Hugh II du Puiset revolts against Fulk of Jerusalem and is exiled for three years.[272]
1135
- 17 April. Zengi's campaign against Antioch begins with the capture of al-Atharib, followed by Zardana, Ma’arat al-Nu’man, Ma’arrat Misrin and Kafartab.[273]
- (Date unknown). Pons of Tripoli is repelled by Zengi in the Battle of Qinnasrin.[274]
- (Date unknown). A Moorish fleet raids the Catalan town of Elna.[275]
1137
- (Date unknown). Forces under Fulk of Jerusalem are defeated by those of Zengi at the Battle of Ba'rin.[276]
- (Date unknown). Fulk of Jerusalem takes refuge in the castle at Montferrand and surrenders to Zengi.[277]
1138
- 14–20 April. John II Komnenos led a Byzantine and Frankish force in the unsuccessful Siege of Aleppo, with the city defended by Zengi.[278]
- 28 April – 21 May. The Byzantine and Frankish forces were successful in their Siege of Shaizar.[279]
- July. At the first Siege of Coria, Alfonso VII of León and Castile fails in his attempt to take the city.[280]
- 11 October. The 1138 Aleppo earthquake strikes, the third deadliest in history..[281]
1139
- 29 March. Innocent II issues papal bull Omne Datum Optimum giving papal protection to the Knights Templar.[282]
- April – October. Alfonso VII of León and Castile wins the first major victory against the Moors in the Reconquista at the Siege of Oreja.[283]
- 25 July. Afonso Henriques defeats the Moors at the Battle of Ourique.[284]
- Shortly thereafter. Kingdom of Portugal is declared and Alfonso Henriques becomes Afonso I of Portugal.[x][285]
1140
- February. Crusaders en route to Jerusalem asked by Afonso I of Portugal to take Lisbon, but fail to take the city after the first Siege of Lisbon.[286][y]
- 12 June. Mu'in al-Din Unur enters a pact with Fulk of Jerusalem and they take Banias.[288]
- 2 June. Zengi unsuccessfully besieges Damascus and retires from Syria.[288]
- (Approximate). The Castilian epic poem about El Cid, Cantar de mio Cid, is written.[289]
1141
- 9 September. The Qara Khitai defeat the Seljuks at the Battle of Qatwan.[290]
1142
- May – June. Alfonso VII of León and Castile takes the city from the Moors in the second Siege of Coria.[280]
- (Date unknown). Raymond II of Tripoli grants the Krak des Chevaliers to the Knights Hospitaller.[291]
- (Date unknown). Matthew of Edessa writes his Chronicle covering Armenian history from 951–1136.[292]
1143
- 1 March. Muño Alfonso and an army of knights from Ávila, Segovia, and Toledo defeats Moors at the Battle of Montiel.[293]
- 8 April. John II Komnenos is killed in a hunting accident and his succeeded by his son Manuel I Komnenos.[294]
- 25 December. Fulk of Jerusalem is killed in a hunting accident and Baldwin III of Jerusalem becomes king of Jerusalem, co-ruling with his mother Melisende of Jerusalem.[295]
1144
- 28 November – 24 December. Zengi is successful in his Siege of Edessa that would both result in the Second Crusade and the eventual fall of the County of Edessa.[296]
- (Date unknown). Pope Celestine II issues the bull Milites Templi (Soldiers of the Temple) protecting the Knights Templar.[297]
- (Date unknown). The first stronghold of the Knights Templar is established in the Kingdom of León and Castile.[298]
1145
- January. Zengi's successful attack on the fortress at Saruj results in the Fall of Saruj.[299]
- 1 December. Pope Eugene III issues the bull Quantum praedecessores calling for the Second Crusade.[300]
- (Date unknown). Eugene III issues the bull Militia Dei (Knights of God) providing for the Knights Templar's independence from local clerical hierarchies.[301]
1146
- 1 March. The reissue of papal bull Quantum praedecessores allows Bernard of Clairvaux to preach the crusade on behalf of Louis VII of France.[302][303]
- Spring. Manuel I Komnenos leads the unsuccesful Expedition to Iconium against the Seljuks under Mesud I.[304]
- 14 September. Zengi is assassinated by one of his slaves and is succeeded by his sons Nūr-ad-Din in Aleppo and Sayf al-Din Ghazi I in Mosul.[305]
- 5 October. Eugene III issues the first part of the papal bull Divina dispensatione urging Italians to join the Second Crusade.[306]
- October–November. Joscelyn II of Edessa recaptures Edessa but loses it shortly after Nūr-ad-Din's successful second Siege of Edessa.[307]
- (Date unknown). The Military Order of Aviz, a body of Portuguese knights, is founded to fight the Moors.[308]
- (Date unknown). Otto of Freising writes the first part of his Chronica sive Historia de duabus civitatibus covering the First Crusade and Crusade of 1101.[309] This contains the first reference to Prester John.[310]
The Second Crusade[edit]
1147
- 15 March. Afonso I of Portugal completes the Conquest of Santarém.[311]
- 11 April. The second part of the papal bull Divina dispensatione is issued, calling for the Wendish Crusade against the Polabian Slavs.[312]
- Spring. Eugene III extends the Second Crusade to Iberia.[313]
- Spring. Battle of Bosra (1147).
- 1 July – 25 October. In one of the few successes of the Second Crusade, Crusaders led by Hervey de Glanvill and Arnout IV of Aarschot, in concert with Afonso I of Portugal, defeat the Moors at the second Siege of Lisbon.[314]
- July – 17 October. The forces of Alfonso VII of León and Castile are successful in the Siege of Almería. They were supported by Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona.[315][316]
- (Date unknown). Wendish Crusade.
- Approximate. De expugnatione Lyxbonensi, an account of the second Siege of Lisbon, is written.[317]
1148
- 1 July – 30 December. Ramon Berenguer IV leads a multi-national force in the successful Siege of Tortosa as part of the Second Crusade.[318]
1149
- Summer/Fall. Eugene III sends Englishman Nicholas Breakspear (the future pope Adrian IV) on a mission to Catalonia.[319]
- 24 October. Lérida falls to forces from Barcelona under Ramon Berenguer IV.[320]
The Career of Nūr-ad-Din[edit]
1150
- Nūr-ad-Din.[321]
- Approximate. First Swedish Crusade.
1151
- Spring. Fall of Turbessel.
- (Date unknown). The Pilgrimage of Rognvald Kali Kolsson (1151–1153)
1153
- (Date unknown). Eugene III again authorizes a crusade in Spain.[320]
1154
1156
1157
- (Date unknown). Pope Adrian IV rejects the calls for a crusade in Spain made by Henry II of England and Louis VII of France.[319]
1158
1163
- 10 February. Amalric of Jerusalem.[322]
1164[edit]
- 26 September. Alexander III recognizes the Order of Calatrava.[323]
1166
- September. Évora taken by Portuguese warrior and folk hero Gerald the Fearless.[324]
1169
- 21 May. The Moors, supported by Ferdinand II of León, defeat Afonso I of Portugal and Gerald the Fearless at the Siege of Badajoz.[325]
1170[edit]
- (Date unknown). The Order of Santiago (Order of Saint James of Compostela) is founded to defend Christianity and expel the Moors from Iberia.[326]
1172
- (Date unknown). The Military Order of Saint James of the Sword is founded in Portugal.[327]
Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem[edit]
1174
1175
- (Date unknown). Pope Alexander III calls for a crusade in Spain.[320]
1176
- 17 September. Battle of Myriokephalon.
1177
- (Date unknown). Alexander III recognizes the Order of Alcántara (Knights of St. Julian), founded in León in 1166.[329]
- (Date unknown). Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir.
1179
- February–March. Siege of Claudiopolis.
1183
- (Date unknown). Baldwin V of Jerusalem.[330]
1184[edit]
- June–July. Abu Yaqub Yusuf crosses the straits of Gibraltar and marched inland. He was stopped by Afonso I of Portugal and Ferdinand II of León at the Siege of Santarém.[331]
1186
- (Date unknown). Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem.[332] Guy of Lusignan.[333]
1187
- 29 October. Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi calling for the Third Crusade.[334]
- (Date unknown). Danish Crusade.
1189
- 21 July – 3 September. Sancho I of Portugal teams with Crusaders en route to the Holy Land defeat the Moors at the Siege of Silves. The siege is later documented in the Narratio de itinere navali and Epistola de morte Friderici imperatoris, and started the Almohad campaign against Portugal.[335]
1190[edit]
- 13–19 July. The Knights Templar under Gualdim Pais successfully repel the Moors at the Siege of Tomar.[336]
- (Date unknown). Isabella I of Jerusalem.[337] Conrad of Montferrat.[338]
1191
- 12 May. Berengaria of Navarre marries Richard the Lionheart in Cyprus. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile.[339]
- (Date unknown). Danish Crusade.
The Third Crusade[edit]
1192
- (Date unknown). Henry II, Count of Champagne.
1193
- (Date unknown). Pope Celestine III calls for a crusade in Spain.[340]
1194
1195
- 18 July. The Almohads led by caliph Yaqub al-Mansur attacked the Kingdom of Castile at the Battle of Alarcos.[341]
- Later. Alfonso IX of León invades Castile and is excommunicated by Celestine III.[342]
1196
1197
- (Date unknown). Celestine III again calls for a crusade in Spain.[343]
- (Date unknown). Knights of the Order of Calatrava take Salvatierra Castle from the Moors, holding it until 1211.[344]
1198
- August. Livonian Crusade.
- (Date unknown). Aimery of Cyprus.[322]
Aftermath[edit]
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Notes[edit]
- ^ See Chronology of the Reconquista for complete details.
- ^ Pelagius of Asturias was the first king of Asturias whose reign began in 714.
- ^ al-Saffāḥ was the first of the Abbasid caliphs.
- ^ Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah was the first of the Fatimid caliphs.
- ^ Garcia I of León is regarded as the first king of León, beginning in 910.
- ^ Abd al-Rahman III was the first caliph of Córdoba, beginning in 929.
- ^ Ramiro I of Aragon was the first king of Aragon beginning in 1035.
- ^ Sancho II of Castile and León, nicknamed "the Strong," was the first king of Castile, beginning in 1065.
- ^ Alp Arslan was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire, succeeding his uncle Tughril Beg in 1063.
- ^ Roupen I was the first lord of Armenian Cilicia beginning in 1080.
- ^ Alexios I Komnenos was the second Byzantine emperor of the Komnenian dynasty.
- ^ The leaders of the First Crusade were Hugh of Vermandois, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Bohemond of Taranto, Tancred, Robert of Flanders, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Adhemar of Le Puy, Stephen of Blois and Robert Curthose.
- ^ The leaders of the People's Crusade were Peter the Hermit, Walter Sans Avoir, Emicho, Folkmar and Gottschalk.
- ^ Baldwin of Boulogne was the first Count of Edessa. He was later the first king of Jerusalem as his brother Godfrey of Bouillon chose not to take the title of king.
- ^ Bohemond of Taranto was the first Prince of Antioch as Bohemond I of Antioch.
- ^ There is speculation that the Tafurs engaged in cannibalism with the slaughtered residents of Ma'arrat Nu'man.[132]
- ^ Godfrey of Bouillon took the titles of prince (princeps) and advocate or defender of the Holy Sepulchre (advocatus Sancti Sepulchri).[136]
- ^ Crusaders who joined the Reconquista after returning from the Holy Land include: Gaston IV of Béarn, Rotrou III of Perche, Centule II of Bigorre, William IX of Aquitaine, Bernard Ato IV and William V of Montpellier.[139]
- ^ Baldwin I of Jerusalem was the first of the kings and queens of Jerusalem.
- ^ The Turkish commanders at Mersivan included Kilij Arslan, Gazi Gümüshtigin and Ridwan. The Crusaders were led by Raymond of Saint-Gilles and Stephen of Blois.
- ^ The Crusaders had two seperate forces remaining after Mersivan. One under William II of Nevers and a second under William IX of Aquitaine and Hugh of Vermandois.
- ^ Bertrand of Toulouse was the first count of Tripoli after the capture of the city. Raymond of Saint Gilles was declared count in 1102.
- ^ The First Council of the Lateran ruled that the crusades to the Holy Land and the Reconquista of Spain were of equal standing, granting equal privileges.[236]
- ^ Afonso Henriques was the first king of Portugal as Afonso I of Portugal beginning in 1139.
- ^ Some sources have the first Siege of Lisbon happening in 1142.[287]
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