The Third Crusade was launched after the Muslim leader Saladin defeated the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin and then recaptured Jerusalem itself. It was led by three of Europe's most powerful rulers: the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who drowned in a river in Anatolia on the way, Philip II of France, and Richard I of England. The crusaders retook Acre after a long siege and defeated Saladin's army at Arsuf, but could not take Jerusalem. A truce allowed Christian pilgrims to visit the city, while the crusaders kept a strip of the coast. Richard was captured on his journey home and held for ransom.
Before and after
- 1186Construction of Studenica monastery
- c. 1187Origins of Stockholm
- from 1187 to 1833Construction of Alcobaça Monastery
- from 20 September 1187 to 2 October 1187Conquest of Jerusalem
- from 1189 to 1192Third Crusade
- from 28 August 1189 to 12 July 1191Siege of Acre
- c. 1191Origins of Bern
- 7 September 1191Battle of Arsuf
- 1193Origins of Chernobyl
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The era
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