Crusades+Timeline

Overview of the Crusade Years


 * **Crusade** || **Dates of Crusade** || **Crusades Timeline of Events** ||
 * ** First Crusade ** || **1096 - 1099** || **The People's Crusade - Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusade led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit** ||
 * ** Second Crusade ** || **1144 -1155** || **Crusaders prepared to attack Damascus. 2nd crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France** ||
 * ** Third Crusade ** || **1187 -1192** || **3rd Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Richard I made a truce with Saladin** ||
 * ** Fourth Crusade ** || **1202 -1204** || **4th Crusade led by Fulk of Neuil French/Flemish advanced on Constantinople** ||
 * **The Children's Crusade** || **1212** || **The Children's Crusade led by a French peasant boy, Stephen of Cloyes** ||
 * ** Fifth Crusade ** || **1217 - 1221** || ** The 5th Crusade led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI of Austria, John of Brienne ** ||
 * ** Sixth Crusade ** || **1228 - 1229** || **The 6th Crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II** ||
 * **Seventh** ** Crusade ** || **1248 - 1254** || **The 7th Crusade led by Louis IX of France** ||
 * ** Eighth Crusade ** || **1270** || **The 8th Crusade led by Louis IX** ||
 * ** Ninth Crusade ** || **1271 - 1272** || **The 9th Crusade led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England)** ||

How the Crusades Fit Into the Years of the Middle Ages

**The Battle of Hastings and the defeat of Harold Godwinson** **The Building of Norman castles in England including the Tower of London in 1073** **1086 - Compilation of the Doomsday book** **9th September 1087: William the Conqueror dies at Saint-Gervais near Rouen, France** || **1156: Kremlin built in Moscow** **1158: The Hanseatic League is founded** **1184: The first of many Inquisitions begins** **1170: Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral** || **William Longchamp, the Bishop of Ely was appointed his regent** 1258: Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England, establishing a new form of government limited regal authority 1241 - 1244: The Welsh Prince Gruffydd was imprisoned and fell to his death in a bid to escape 1263 - 1267: The Barons War. The barons led by Simon de Montfort force the king to submit to government by council leading to the formation of the English Parliament **1295: Marco Polo publishes his tales of China** **1297: William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England** ||
 * **Timeline Key Dates** || ** Early Middle Ages Timeline of Key events ** ||
 * ** 1066-1087 ** || **The reign of King William the Conqueror**
 * **1087-1100** || **The reign of** ** King William Rufus (son of William) **
 * William invades Wales and builds castles on the borders ** ||
 * **1100-1135** || **The reign of** ** King Henry I (William Rufus brother) ** ||
 * **1135-1154** || **The reign of** ** King Stephen (nephew of Henry I) **
 * 1099: First Crusade. Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II **
 * 1118: The Knights Templar founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city **
 * 1147: Second Crusade ** ||
 * **1154-1189** || **The reign of King Henry II (grandson of Henry I)**
 * **1189-1199** || **The reign of** ** King Richard I (third son of Henry II) **
 * Richard the Lionheart embarks on the Third Crusade **
 * 1190: Third Crusade. Saladin manages to unite the Muslim world and recapture Jerusalem, sparking the Third Crusade **
 * 1191: Prince John opposes the powerful Bishop Longchamp and lays siege to the Tower of London ** ||
 * **1199-1216** || **The reign of** ** King John (fifth son of Henry II) **
 * 1200: Fourth Crusade embarks. Eventually sacks Constantinople **
 * 1212: Children's Crusade **
 * 1214 -1215: Barons revolt **
 * 1215: Magna Carta is signed **
 * 1216: Legend has it that King John lost the Crown Jewels, which were kept in Westminster Abbey, in quicksand ** ||
 * **1216-1272** || **The reign of** ** King Henry III (son of John) **
 * King Henry III was only ten years old when he was crowned **
 * 1217: The 5th Crusade led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI of Austria, John of Brienne **
 * 1228: The 6th Crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II **
 * 1248: The 7th Crusade led by Louis IX of France **
 * 1270: The 8th Crusade led by Louis IX **
 * 1271: The 9th Crusade led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England) ** ||
 * **1272-1307** || **The reign of** ** King Edward I (son of Henry III) **
 * 1273: Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor **
 * 1274: Thomas Aquinas' work, Summa Theologiae is published **