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The Battle of Ascalon is won by the Crusader army led by Godfrey of Bouillon against the Fatimid forces and is the last

The Battle of Ascalon is won by the Crusader army led by Godfrey of Bouillon against the Fatimid forces and is the last action of the First Crusade

The Battle of Ascalon is won by the Crusader army led by Godfrey of Bouillon against the Fatimid forces and is the last action of the First Crusade

Events Before

  1. Crusaders defeat Prince Ridwan of Aleppo at Antioch

    Crusaders defeat Prince Ridwan of Aleppo at Antioch

  2. Crusaders seize Antioch after a five-month siege during the First Crusade

    The siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098, on the Crusaders' way to Jerusalem through Syria. Two sieges took place in succession.

  3. Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul

    Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul

  4. 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara, Syria

    1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara, Syria

  5. Hildegard von Bingen is born

    Hildegard von Bingen, German musician, known for german nun and polymath, was born on 1098-09-16.

Events After

  1. English King Henry I marries Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey in London

    Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, was Queen consort of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I.

  2. Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

    Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

  3. King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Fore

    King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest

  4. Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, London

    Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

  5. Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned King of Jerusalem

    Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned King of Jerusalem

More from the 1090s

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on

City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade

The Massacre of Jerusalem was a mass slaughter of thousands of Muslims and Jews by the sieging Crusaders in mid-July 1099, following the Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade.

Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the First Cru

Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the First Crusade

The first Crusaders arrive in Antioch, Ancient Syria, during the First Crusade

The first Crusaders arrive in Antioch, Ancient Syria, during the First Crusade

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