Third Crusade Dates Flashcards
When was the Third Crusade?
1187-92
When did Pope Gregory VIII issued the bull Audita Tremendi?
October 1187
When did Richard Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine (later King Richard I of England) took the cross?
November 1187
When did King Henry 2 of England and King Phillip 2 of France took the cross?
January 1188
When did Fredrick Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany, took the cross?
March 1188
When did Henry 2 died and was succeeded by his son, Richard?
July 1189
When did Fredrick and his armies left Germany and began their overland journey to the Holy Land?
May 1189
When did Saladin released Guy, King of Jerusalem, from prison. In August, King Guy began the siege of Acre which lasted for two years?
June 1189
When did Fredrick Barbarossa drowned July 1190 Philip and Richard set out for the Holy Land from Vézeley in France?
10 June 1190
When did Richard reach Sicily and decided to wait until the following Spring to sail to the Holy Land?
September 1190
When did Richard on his way to the Holy Land Richard took the opportunity to invade Cyprus?
April 1191
When did Richard arrive in the Holy Land?
8 June 1191
When did Richard and Philip capture the port of Acre, a major boost for the Crusaders?
12 July 1191
When did Philip abandon the 3 Crusade and returned to France?
3 August 1191
When did Richard ordered the massacre of the Muslim prisoners at Acre?
20 August 1191
