Second Crusade Timeline

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1143 CE - 1180 CE

Reign of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
1 Dec 1145 CE

Pope Eugenius III calls for the Second Crusade.
Sep 1146 CE

Joscelin II's attempt to retake Edessa fails and the city is sacked by Nur ad-Din.
1147 CE - 1149 CE

The Second Crusade is launched to recapture Edessa for Christendom. It is not successful.
1147 CE - 1148 CE

Campaigns against pagans in the Baltic are led by Germanic and Danish nobles during the Second Crusade.
Jun 1147 CE - Oct 1147 CE

The siege of Lisbon during the Second Crusade.
Jun 1147 CE - Sep 1147 CE

Dobin and Malchow in northeast Germany are captured during the Second Crusade.
Sep 1147 CE - Oct 1147 CE

The armies of the Second Crusade arrive in Constantinople.
17 Oct 1147 CE

Almeria in northern Spain is captured from the Moors during the Second Crusade.
21 Oct 1147 CE

The capture of Lisbon by the Second Crusaders.
25 Oct 1147 CE

At Dorylaion a force of Muslim Seljuk Turks attacks an army led by Conrad III during the Second Crusade.
Dec 1147 CE

An army led by Louis VII defeats a Seljuk army in Asia Minor during the Second Crusade.
7 Jan 1148 CE

An army led by Louis VII is defeated by the Seljuks as it crosses the Cadmus Mountains during the Second Crusade.
24 Jul 1148 CE - 28 Jul 1148 CE

The unsuccessful siege of Damascus during the Second Crusade.
Sep 1148 CE

Conrad III, one of the leaders of the Second Crusade, returns to Europe.
30 Dec 1148 CE

Tortosa in eastern Spain is captured from the Moors during the Second Crusade.