Events
1071 - Turks defeat Byzantine army1085 - Christian Pilgrims
started being massacred in Jerusalem1095 Christian Pilgrim massacres stopped1095 - Emperor Alexius I sent
word to Pope Urban II
the growing threat of the Turks1095 - Pope Urban II called for
a crusade against the Infidels1095 - Peter the Hermit took up the cry "God wills it!" and
ordinary people join in the 'People's Crusade'1096 - Armed forces gathered to embark on the First Crusade1096 - The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks1097 - Siege of Nicacea1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum1097 - The Siege of Antioch1098 - Bohemond I led the capture of Antioch1099 - The siege of Arqahi1098 - The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory1099 - The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale
the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city
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