Historical Events In 1099

Jan 06   Henry V crowned German king   

Jan 13   Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria.   

Jan 28   1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria   

Jan 28   inaugural Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria.   

Apr 14   Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death.   

Jun 07   1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem.   

Jul 08   inaugural Crusade: 15000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.   

Jul 14   Jerusalem captured in inaugural Crusade.   

Jul 15   1st Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem   

Jul 15   Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders after a siege of just over one month The streets of the city run with blood as the Crusaders slaughter 40000 and set fire to mosques and synagogues, and the inaugural Crusade comes to an end.   

Jul 16   Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire   

Jul 16   El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59.   

Jul 22   inaugural Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the inaugural Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem   

Jul 29   Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies   

Jul 31   El Cid dies in July at age 59 after being defeated by the Almoravids at Cuenca His widow will hold Valencia against the Moors until 1102   

Aug 12   A kingdom of Jerusalem is established under the Norman Godfrey of Bouillon, who is elected king and assumes the title Defender of the Holy Sepulcher He defeats an Egyptian force at Askalon August 12, but disease and starvation have reduced the Crusaders to 60000, down from an original strength of 300000, and most of the survivors head for home   

Aug 12   Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth beats Egyptians.   

Aug 13   Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II   

Aug 19   Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon   

Apr 14   On this day in history death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death   

Jul 10   El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) died in the year 1099.   

Jul 16   In the year 1099 el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

Jul 29   Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies on this day in history.