2ND XDE DATES 2

Question 1

1144, 24 December

Answer 1

Zengi of Mosul and Aleppo takes Edessa

Question 2

1145, February

Answer 2

Eugenius III becomes pope

Question 3

1145, 1 December

Answer 3

Quantum praedecessores, crusade appeal of Eugenius III, first issued

Question 4

1146, 31 March

Answer 4

Council at Vézelay; Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the second Crusade to King Louis VII and the French Nobility

Question 5

1146, 14 September

Answer 5

Zengi dies, is succeeded by Nur ad-Din

Question 6

1146, September – 1147, January

Answer 6

Bernard of Clairvaux tours Flanders and the Rhineland recruiting men for the Crusade

Question 7

1146, 24 December

Answer 7

King Conrad III of Germany takes the cross

Question 8

1147, May

Answer 8

Fleet of the Anglo-Norman, Flemish and Rhinelanders sets out for the Holy Land via Lisbon

Question 9

1147, June

Answer 9

Armies of Conrad III and Louis VII sets out for the Levant

Question 10

1147, 28 June

Answer 10

Siege of Lisbon begins

Question 11

1147, July – September

Answer 11

Wendish Crusade by Germans against the Polabian Slavs, or “Wends”, living east of the Elbe river

Question 12

1147, 17 October

Answer 12

Genoese and Catalan fleet capture Almeria in southern Spain

Question 13

1147, 21 October

Answer 13

Lisbon captured by Second Crusaders

Question 14

1147, September – October

Answer 14

Armies of the Second Crusade arrive at Constantinople

Question 15

1147, 25 October

Answer 15

The second Battle of Dorylaeum; the German crusader forces of Conrad III almost totally destroyed by the Seljuk Turks led by Sultan Mesud I

Question 16

1148, 7 January

Answer 16

The Battle of Mount Cadmus; The French crusader army, led by Louis VII of France, is defeated by the Seljuks of Rum

Question 17

1148, 19 March – May

Answer 17

Louis VII arrives Antioch, declines to help Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch take Aleppo

Question 18

1148, 24 June

Answer 18

Council of Palmarea / Acre; Haute Cour of Jerusalem and crusaders jointly decide to attack Damascus

Question 19

1148, July 24

Answer 19

Siege of Damascus begins with arrival of Christian armies

Question 20

1148, July 28

Answer 20

Siege of Damascus fails; Crusaders forced to withdraw

Question 21

1144, 24 December

Answer 21

Zengi of Mosul and Aleppo takes Edessa

Question 22

1145, February

Answer 22

Eugenius III becomes pope

Question 23

1145, 1 December

Answer 23

Quantum praedecessores, crusade appeal of Eugenius III, first issued

Question 24

1146, 31 March

Answer 24

Council at Vézelay; Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the second Crusade to King Louis VII and the French Nobility

Question 25

1146, 14 September

Answer 25

Zengi dies, is succeeded by Nur ad-Din

Question 26

1146, September – 1147, January

Answer 26

Bernard of Clairvaux tours Flanders and the Rhineland recruiting men for the Crusade

Question 27

1146, 24 December

Answer 27

King Conrad III of Germany takes the cross

Question 28

1147, May

Answer 28

Fleet of the Anglo-Norman, Flemish and Rhinelanders sets out for the Holy Land via Lisbon

Question 29

1147, June

Answer 29

Armies of Conrad III and Louis VII sets out for the Levant

Question 30

1147, 28 June

Answer 30

Siege of Lisbon begins

Question 31

1147, July – September

Answer 31

Wendish Crusade by Germans against the Polabian Slavs, or "Wends", living east of the Elbe river

Question 32

1147, 17 October

Answer 32

Genoese and Catalan fleet capture Almeria in southern Spain

Question 33

1147, 21 October

Answer 33

Lisbon captured by Second Crusaders

Question 34

1147, September – October

Answer 34

Armies of the Second Crusade arrive at Constantinople

Question 35

1147, 25 October

Answer 35

The second Battle of Dorylaeum; the German crusader forces of Conrad III almost totally destroyed by the Seljuk Turks led by Sultan Mesud I

Question 36

1148, 7 January

Answer 36

The Battle of Mount Cadmus; The French crusader army, led by Louis VII of France, is defeated by the Seljuks of Rum

Question 37

1148, 19 March – May

Answer 37

Louis VII arrives Antioch, declines to help Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch take Aleppo

Question 38

1148, 24 June

Answer 38

Council of Palmarea / Acre; Haute Cour of Jerusalem and crusaders jointly decide to attack Damascus

Question 39

1148, July 24

Answer 39

Siege of Damascus begins with arrival of Christian armies

Question 40

1148, July 28

Answer 40

Siege of Damascus fails; Crusaders forced to withdraw