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1174 - 1193Reign of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
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3 Jul 1187 - 4 Jul 1187Saladin defeats the Franks army at the Battle of Hattin.
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Sep 1187Saladin captures Jerusalem.
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Oct 1187Pope Gregory VIII calls for the Third Crusade to recapture Jerusalem.
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1189 - 1192The Third Crusade is formed with the aim of recapturing Jerusalem for Christendom. Although some cities were recaptured, Jerusalem was not one of them.
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Aug 1189 - Jul 1191The siege of Acre during the Third Crusade.
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Aug 1189Guy of Lusignan leads a force from Tyre to attack Acre.
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Sep 1189A small force of Crusaders is the first army to arrive from Europe at the siege of Acre.
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c. 1190Teutonic knights establish a field hospital at Acre during the Third Crusade.
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1190Richard I of England captures Messina on Sicily during the Third Crusade.
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10 Jun 1190Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, drowns in the Seraph River in Cilicia on his way to the Middle East during the Third Crusade.
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28 Jul 1190A force of Crusaders under the command of Henry of Champagne arrives at the siege of Acre.
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7 Oct 1190A force of German crusaders under the command of Duke Leopold of Austria arrives at the siege of Acre.
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May 1191Richard I of England captures Cyprus during the Third Crusade.
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Jun 1191The Crusader armies of Philip II of France and Richard I of England arrive at the siege of Acre.
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12 Jul 1191Richard I of England captures Acre during the Third Crusade.
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Aug 1191Philip II leaves Acre and returns to France during the Third Crusade.
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20 Aug 1191Richard I of England orders the execution of 2,500 Muslim prisoners after the siege of Acre during the Third Crusade.
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7 Sep 1191Richard I of England defeats Saladin's army at Arsuf during the Third Crusade.
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Jan 1192The Crusader army led by Richard I of England arrives within sight of Jerusalem but decides not to attack for fear of a counter-attack by Saladin.
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Jul 1192Saladin takes Jaffa during the Third Crusade.
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Aug 1192Richard I of England retakes Jaffa from Saladin during the Third Crusade.
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Oct 1192Richard I of England, returning home from the Third Crusade is shipwrecked and eventually imprisoned by the German emperor Henry VI.
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4 Mar 1193Death of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria.
