Second Crusade Timeline

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1143 - 1180

Reign of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
1 Dec 1145

Pope Eugenius III calls for the Second Crusade.
Sep 1146

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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