1099

Years: 1096 1097 1098 - 1099 - 1100 1101 1102

Decades: 1060s 1070s 1080s - 1090s - 1100s 1110s 1120s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade:
  • July 8 - 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mock them.
  • July 15 - Christian soldiers under Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert II of Flanders, Raymond IV of Toulouse and Tancred take Jerusalem after a difficult siege.
• August 12- the crusaders defeat the Fatimids at the Battle of Ascalon.

Births

Deaths

• July 29 - Pope Urban II
• El Cid - (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar)
• Peter Bartholomew - a mystic who participated in the First Crusade