Major Events
- Jan 6 Henry V crowned German king
- Jan 13 Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria
- Jan 28 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
- Jun 7 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
- Jul 8 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on
- Jul 15 City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade
- Jul 16 Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue & set it afire
- Jul 22 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Aug 12 Battle of Ascalon won by Crusader army led by Godfrey of Bouillon against Fatimid force, last action of the First Crusade
- Aug 13 Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II
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Henry IV