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Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre

Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre

Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre

Events Before

  1. Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats the Taira during Japan's Genpei War

    Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats the Taira during Japan's Genpei War

  2. Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, weds Constance of Sicily

    Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, weds Constance of Sicily

  3. Sultan of Egypt Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders

    The siege of Jerusalem lasted from 20 September to 2 October 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin.

  4. Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)

    Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)

  5. Antoku ascends the throne as the 81st Emperor of Japan

    Antoku ascends the throne as the 81st Emperor of Japan

Events After

  1. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River in modern-day Turkey, leading an army t

    Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River in modern-day Turkey, leading an army to Jerusalem during the Third Crusade

  2. Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure King

    Sibylla (Old French: Sibyl; c. 1159 – 25 July 1190) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1186 until her death in 1190.

  3. York (England) Pogrom: Jews seek refuge in Clifford's Tower, which is then besieged by a mob; about 150 people are massa

    York (England) Pogrom: Jews seek refuge in Clifford's Tower, which is then besieged by a mob; about 150 people are massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to Christian baptism

  4. Crusades complete the massacre of Jews in York, England

    The first-recorded Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror (the future William I) in 1066, and the first written record of Jewish settlement in...

  5. Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds, England

    Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds, England

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