First Crusade timeline

Epitome Ovetense Is Written

At the western edge of Europe and of Islamic expansion, the Reconquista in Spain was well underway by the eleventh century; it was intermittently... Read more

Church Of The Holy Sepulchre Is Destroyed

The idea that the crusades were a response to Islam dates back as far as twelfth-century historian William of Tyre, who began his chronicle with... Read more

Eastern Orthodox And Roman Catholic Churches Are In A Schism

In the east of Europe was the Byzantine Empire, Christians who had long followed a separate Orthodox rite. Since 1054 the Eastern Orthodox and... Read more

Byzantine Defeat at Manzikert

In the east of Europe was the Byzantine Empire, Christians who had long followed a separate Orthodox rite. Since 1054 the Eastern Orthodox and... Read more

Battle Of Anatolia

In the east of Europe was the Byzantine Empire, Christians who had long followed a separate Orthodox rite. Since 1054 the Eastern Orthodox and... Read more

Attacks On The Jewish Communities In France And Germany

At a local level, the preaching of the First Crusade ignited violence against Jews, which some historians call "the first Holocaust". At the end of... Read more

First Crusade Is Launched

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The... Read more

The Council Of Piacenza Asks Pope Urban II For Aid Against The Turks

The Crusades had deeply-rooted causes in the social and political situation in 11th centruy Europe. However, the event which actually triggered the... Read more

Emicho Of Flonheim Attacks The Jews

At a local level, the preaching of the First Crusade ignited violence against Jews, which some historians call "the first Holocaust". At the end of... Read more

Four Crusade Armies Leave Europe

The four main crusader armies left Europe around the appointed time in August 1096. They took different paths to Constantinople and gathered... Read more

Feast Of The Assumption

The great French nobles and their trained armies of knights were not the first to undertake the journey towards Jerusalem. Urban had planned the... Read more

Siege Of Nicaea

The Siege of Nicaea took place from May 14 to June 19, 1097, during the First Crusade. Nicaea, located on the eastern shore of Lake Ascanius,... Read more

Turkish Garrison Surrenders at Nicea

The crusader armies crossed over into Asia Minor throughout the first half of 1097, and were joined by Peter the Hermit and the remainder of his... Read more

Battle Of Dorylaeum

The Battle of Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on July 1, 1097, between the crusaders and the Seljuk Turks, near Dorylaeum in... Read more

Siege Of Antioch

The Siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098. The first siege, by the crusaders against the Muslim city, lasted from... Read more

Siege of Jerusalem

The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099 during the First Crusade. During it, the Crusaders stormed and captured the city... Read more

Knights And Peasants Capture Jerusalem

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The... Read more

Establishment Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. It lasted nearly two hundred years,... Read more

Battle Of Ascalon

The Battle of Ascalon took place on August 12, 1099, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade. The crusaders had negotiated... Read more

Crusade Of 1101

The Crusade of 1101 was a minor crusade of three separate movements, organized in 1100 and 1101 in the successful aftermath of the First Crusade.... Read more

Siege Of Sidon

The Siege of Sidon was an event in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The coastal city of Sidon was captured by the forces of Baldwin I of... Read more