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1099: Godfrey of Bouillon Elected the First Ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

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1099: Godfrey of Bouillon Elected the First Ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

On this day in 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected as the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This ...

On this day in 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected as the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This happened shortly after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem from the Muslims in the First Crusade. ...

July 22, 2019
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1951: King of Jordan Shot while Attending Friday Prayers in Jerusalem

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1951: King of Jordan Shot while Attending Friday Prayers in Jerusalem

On this day in 1951, the first King of Jordan was assassinated in Jerusalem. Abdullah was shot while atte ...

On this day in 1951, the first King of Jordan was assassinated in Jerusalem. Abdullah was shot while attending Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque - one of the holiest places in Islam. This mosque is ...

July 20, 2019
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1174: Leprosy Sufferer Became the Crusader King of Jerusalem

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1174: Leprosy Sufferer Became the Crusader King of Jerusalem

On this day, in 1174, King Baldwin IV from the Anjou dynasty (the dynasty originated from the Counts of A ...

On this day, in 1174, King Baldwin IV from the Anjou dynasty (the dynasty originated from the Counts of Anjou, and it should not be confused with the younger Anjou who ruled Croatia and Hungary in the ...

July 11, 2019
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1191: Richard the Lionheart Arrives to the Holy Land

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1191: Richard the Lionheart Arrives to the Holy Land

On this day the famous English King Richard the Lionheart arrived to the Holy Land to participate in the ...

On this day the famous English King Richard the Lionheart arrived to the Holy Land to participate in the Crusade. He landed his fleet numbering hundreds of ships at the city of Acre, which the Crusade ...

June 08, 2019
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1192: Assassins Kill King of Jerusalem

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1192: Assassins Kill King of Jerusalem

On this day, members of the Assassin sect killed the reigning King of Jerusalem Conrad of Montferrat. It ...

On this day, members of the Assassin sect killed the reigning King of Jerusalem Conrad of Montferrat. It was the era of the Third Crusade, when the Christian knights fought against the mighty Muslim r ...

April 28, 2019
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1100: Crowning of the First Crusader King of Jerusalem

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1100: Crowning of the First Crusader King of Jerusalem

On this day, exactly on Christmas Day in 1100, the first Crusader King of Jerusalem was crowned. His name ...

On this day, exactly on Christmas Day in 1100, the first Crusader King of Jerusalem was crowned. His name was Baldwin, and he came from the illustrious family of the Counts of Boulogne. This French dy ...

December 25, 2015
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1917: British Capture Jerusalem from the Turks?

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1917: British Capture Jerusalem from the Turks?

On this day in 1917, a Christian army occupied Jerusalem for the first time after it had been in Muslim h ...

On this day in 1917, a Christian army occupied Jerusalem for the first time after it had been in Muslim hands for 673 years. Namely, the last time Jerusalem was a Christian city was back in 1244, when ...

December 09, 2015
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