Crusades 1095–1291

Key battles

• Siege of Xerigordon (1096)
• Battle of Civetot (1096)
• Siege of Antioch (1097)
• Battle of Dorylaeum (1097)
• Siege of Nicaea (1097)
• Siege of Ma'arra (1098)
• Siege of Jerusalem (1099)
• Battle of Ascalon (1099)
• Battle of Melitene (1100)
• Battle of Ramla (1101)
• Battle of Ramla (1102)
• Siege of Tripoli (1102)
• Battle of Harran (1104)
• Battle of Ramla (1105)
• Siege of Sidon (1110)
• Battle of Shaizar (1111)
• Battle of Sarmin (1115)
• Battle of Ager Sanguinis (1119)
• Battle of Hab (1119)
• Battle of Azaz (1125)
• Battle of Ba'rin (1137)
• Siege of Shaizar (1138)
• Siege of Edessa (1144)
• Siege of Lisbon (1147)
• Battle of Dorylaeum (1147)
• Siege of Damascus (1148)
• Battle of Mount Cadmus (1148)
• Battle of Inab (1149)
• Siege of Ascalon (1153)
• Battle of Lake Huleh (1157)
• Battle of al-Buqaia (1163)
• Battle of Harim (1164)
• Battle of Montgisard (1177)
• Battle of Marj Ayyun (1179)
• Battle of Jacob's Ford (1179)
• Battle of Belvoir Castle (1182)
• Siege of Kerak (1183)
• Battle of Al-Fule (1183)
• Battle of Hattin (1187)
• Conquest of Jerusalem (1187)
• Battle of Cresson (1187)
• Siege of Tyre (1187)
• Siege of Acre (1189)
• Battle of Iconium (1190)
• Battle of Arsuf (1191)
• Battle of Jaffa (1192)
• Siege of Zara (1202)
• Siege of Constantinople (1203)
• Siege of Constantinople (1204)
• Massacre at Béziers (1209)
• Battle of Muret (1213)
• Battle of St. Matthew's Day (1217)
• Siege of Damietta (1218)
• Battle of Lyndanisse (1219)
• Battle of Lihula (1220)
• Battle of Saule (1236)
• Battle of the Ice (1242)
• Siege of Jerusalem (1244)
• Battle of Forbie (1244)
• Siege of Damietta (1249)
• Battle of Fariskur (1250)
• Battle of Mansurah (1250)
• Battle of Durbe (1260)
• Battle of Wesenberg (1268)
• Siege of Antioch (1268)
• Battle of Karuse (1270)
• Battle of Aizkraukle (1279)
• Fall of Tripoli (1289)
• Siege of Acre (1291)
• Battle of Strėva (1348)
• Battle of Grunwald (1410)
• Siege of Marienburg (1410)
• Battle of Vítkov Hill (1420)
• Battle of Lipany (1434)

Who lived through the Crusades

Well-known people alive during 1095–1291:

• Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) — Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
• Marco Polo (1254–1324) — Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
• Genghis Khan (1162–1227) — founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
• Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) — Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
• Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) — Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
• Rumi (1207–1273) — Iranian poet
• Saladin (1138–1193) — Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
• Al-Ghazali (1056–1111) — Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
• Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) — Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
• Averroes (1126–1198) — Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
• Zhu Xi (1130–1200) — Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
• Fibonacci (1170–1240) — Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
• Saadi (1210–1292) — Persian poet
• Richard I of England (1157–1199) — King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) — German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
• Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204) — Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
• Kublai Khan (1215–1294) — founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
• Osman I (1258–1326) — founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
• Peter Abelard (1079–1142) — French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
• Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
• Giotto (1267–1337) — Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
• Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216) — Georgian poet
• Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) — German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
• Louis IX of France (1214–1270) — King of France from 1226 to 1270 (1214–1270)
• Innocent III (1160–1216) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

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