![]() | CRUSADES: 1075 to 1291 | ![]() |
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| 1075 | Turkish Muslims take Jerusalem | |
| 1099 | First Crusade under Godfrey of Bouillon re-takes Jerusalem | |
| 1148 | Second Crusade fails to capture Damascus | |
| 1187 | Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, captures Jerusalem again | |
| 1192 | Third Crusade captures Acre but fails to regain Jerusalem | |
| 1204 | Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople - founds Latin Empire | |
| 1212 | Children's Crusade ends in disaster - Pied Piper legend | |
| 1291 | End of Crusades (Tenth) with fall of Acre |