Historical Events
- 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
Famous Deaths
El Cid (c. 1043-1099)
Jul 10 Castilian nobleman and military leader and general strategist, dies at about 59
- Jul 29 Urban II [Odo van Lagery], French Pope who began the First Crusade (1088-99), dies at about 64
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