1913 Birthday Stefan Heym, German/U.S. author, Crusaders, Family Benda 1444 Event Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 1397 Event Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom 1396 Event Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders 1396 Event Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis 1396 Event Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna 1396 Event Crusaders and earl of Nevers depart from Dijon 1291 Event Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine 1291 Event Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed 1212 Event French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo 1204 Event Crusaders occupy Constantinople 1197 Event Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah 1191 Event Richard Coeur de Lion and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine 1190 Event Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St. Edmonds England 1189 Event Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg 1187 Event Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders 1187 Event Crusaders enter Tiberias 1148 Event Crusaders attack Damascus 1148 Event Crusaders attack Damascus 1147 Event Battle at Doryleum: Arabs beat Koenraad III's crusaders 1124 Event Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders 1119 Event Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders 1110 Event Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders 1110 Event Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath 1109 Event Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli 1099 Event Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon 1099 Event Crusaders are victorious at Battle of Ascalon 1099 Event Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire 1099 Event 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Jerusalem 1099 Event 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem 1099 Event 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria 1099 Event Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria 1098 Event 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Mara Syria 1098 Event After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey 1098 Event Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch 1097 Event 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch 1097 Event 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea 1096 Event Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats 1st Crusaders 1096 Event Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
