1099

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1060s  1070s  1080s  – 1090s –  1100s  1110s  1120s
Years:	1096 1097 1098 – 1099 – 1100 1101 1102

Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders.

Events

• Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade:
  • July 8 – 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem.
  • January 13 – Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria.
  • July 15 – Christian soldiers under Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert II of Flanders, Raymond IV of Toulouse and Tancred take Jerusalem after a difficult siege, killing nearly every inhabitant.
• August 12– the crusaders defeat the Fatimids at the Battle of Ascalon.