CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 1066. | Conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy. |
| 1071. | Revival of Islam under the Seljuk Turks. Battle of Melasgird. |
| 1073. | Hildebrand became Pope (Gregory VII) to 1085. |
| 1082. | Robert Guiscard captured Durazzo. |
| 1084. | Robert Guiscard sacked Rome. |
| 1087-99. | Urban II Pope. |
| 1094. | Pestilence. |
| 1095. | Urban II at Clermont summoned the First Crusade. |
| 1096. | Massacre of the People's Crusade. |
| 1099. | Godfrey of Bouillon captured Jerusalem. Paschal II Pope (to 1118). |
| 1138. | Kin Empire flourished. The Sung capital shifted from Nanking to Hang Chau. |
| 1147. | The Second Crusade. Foundation of the Christian Kingdom of Portugal. |
| 1169. | Saladin Sultan of Egypt. |
| 1176. | Frederick Barbarossa acknowledged supremacy of the Pope (Alexander III) at Venice. |
| 1187. | Saladin captured Jerusalem. |
| 1189. | The Third Crusade. |
| 1198. | Averroes of Cordoba, the Arab philosopher, died. Innocent III Pope (to 1216). Frederick II (aged four), King of Sicily, became his ward. |
| 1202. | The Fourth Crusade attacked the Eastern Empire. |
| 1204. | Capture of Constantinople by the Latins. |
| 1206. | Kutub founded Moslem state at Delhi. |
| 1212. | The Children's Crusade. |
| 1214. | Jengis Khan took Peking. |
| 1215. | Magna Carta signed. |
| 1216. | Honorius III Pope. |
| 1218. | Jengis Khan invaded Kharismia. |
| 1221. | Failure and return of the Fifth Crusade. St. Dominic died. (The Dominicans.) |
| 1226. | St. Francis of Assisi died. (The Franciscans.) |
| 1227. | Jengis Khan died, Khan from the Caspian to the Pacific, and was succeeded by Ogdai Khan. |
