The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta in England and Wales and Provinces Overseas
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A history of the Crusades
This is a timeline of the Crusades and the major events
| 1096-1099 | The first crusade captures Jerusalem. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem founded. | |
| 1100-1101 | Follow-up expedition defeated by the Turks. | |
| 1107-1110 | King Sigurd of Norway brings an army to Holy Land. | |
| 1122-1124 | Venetian expedition to Holy Land. | |
| 1144 | Zangi, ruler of Mosul and Aleppo, captures Edessa. | |
| 1146 | Death of Zangi. | |
| 1147-1149 | Second Crusade attacks Damascus. Ends in failure. | |
| 1154 | Nur al-Oin (Zangi's son) captures Damascus. | |
| 1158 | Pilgrimage of Count Thierry of Flanders. | |
| 1169 | Saladin becomes vizier of Egypt. | |
| 1172 | Pilgrimage of Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony. | |
| 1174 | Death of Nur al-Oin. Saladin captures Damascus. | |
| 1177 | Pilgrimage of Count Philip of Flanders. | |
| 1187 | Saladin captures Jerusalem. | |
| 1189-1192 | Third crusade to recover Jerusalem. Crusade fails but recovers some territory. | |
| 1197-1198 | German crusade. Recovers some more territory. | |
| 1201-1204 | Fourth crusade to assist Christians in the Holy Land. Captures Constantinople. | |
| 1217-1221 | Fifth crusade attacks Egypt. Initially successful but army cut off when Muslims open sluice gates of the Nile. | |
| 1228-1229 | Crusade of the Emperor Frederick II. Jerusalem recovered by treaty. | |
| 1239-1240 | Crusade of Theobald, Count of Champagne and King of Navarre. | |
| 1240-1241 | Crusade of Earl Richard of Cornwall. Recovers territory by negotiation. | |
| 1244 | Jerusalem finally lost to the Muslims. | |
| 1249-1254 | First crusade of King Louis IX of France to Egypt. Initially successful but defeated at Mansurah, February 1250. Louis then goes on to Holy Land and strengthens its defenses. | |
| 1268 | Crusade of the Princes of Aragon. | |
| 1269-1270 | Frisian crusade. | |
| 1270 | Second crusade of King Louis IX of France to Tunis. A failure. | |
| 1271-1272 | Crusade of Lord Edward of England. | |
| 1274 | Second Council of Lyons discusses plans for recovering the Holy Land. No decision reached. | |
| 1291 | Acre captured by al-Ashraf Khalil, sultan of Egypt. The remaining Latin Christian territories in the Holy Land fall to Muslims soon afterwards. | |
| There are no more crusades to the Holy Land but possession of Jerusalem remains the long term goal. | ||
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