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cities of Nice, Heraclea, and Tarsus, and subduetiie province of Cilicia, appointing the govern-ment of it to several of their captains.Bouillernond, prince of Tarentum, is attacked bySolyman, the then Turkish sultan, at the head of60,000 Turks; but being joined by Hugh, bro-ther to Philip I. king of Prance, he beats the Turks,cuts otl 40,000; and forced the rest to fly into themountains.
5102 1098 Antioch taken by the Crusaders, after a siege of nine
months, which was soon after followed by a greatbattle between the Turks and Crusaders, in which100,000 of the former were killed or taken.
5103 1099 Jerusalem taken by the Latins, after a siege of 39
days. Godfrey made the first king of Jerusalem.Paschal II. succeeds Urban II. in the popedom.
5104 1100 The Turks overthrown near Nice by Alexius.
Ilenry I. succeeds his brother William II. in thekingdom of England.
5105 1101 The Turks defeated in several battles bv the em-
peror Alexius; upon which they sue for peace,which is granted.
5110 1106 By means of Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, the
English priests were obliged to divorce theirwives.
Ilenry IV. emperor of Germany, dies, in the 50thyear of his reign, after he had fought 60 greatbattles with his rebellious subjects, who weremoved against him by the bishops of Rome. Heis succeeded in the empire by his son Henry V.5114 1110 Learning revived at the university of Cambridge.
5119 1115 The Tiiiks, Saracens, and Arabs, vanquished and
put to Right Baldwin, king of Jerusalem, nearmount Regal is.
5122 1118 Alexius, the Greek emperor, dies, and is succeeded
by his son John.
Gelasius II. succeeds Paschal II. in the popedom;and the next year Gelasius II. is succeeded byCalixtus II.
5124 1120 The Turks breaking the peace with the Greeks, are
defeated several times, and obliged to sue forpeace, which is granted.
5125 1121 Baldwin, king of Jerusalem, takes Gazim, king of
the Turks, and also vanquishes and takes prisonerthe king of Damascus. .
5127 1123 Pope Calixtus subdues Burdinus, who had been
proclaimed bishop of Rome in opposition to him ;and brings him to Rome in triumph, setting himupon an ass, with his face towards the tail of thebeast.
5128 1124 The Turks again breaking the peace with the Greeks,
are subdued.
II onorius II. succeeds Calixtus II. in the popedom.
5129 1125 Baldwin, king of Jerusalem, taken prisoner by Balach,
king of the Parthians.
5131 1127 The Grey Friars made their first appearance in
England.
5134 1130 Innocent II. succeeds IJonorius II. in the popedom.
5139 1135 Henry I. of England dies in consequence of a fall
from his horse, and is succeeded by Stephen hisnephew.
5144 1140 John, the Greek emperor, goes into the east with an
intent to recover Antioch, then held by the La-tins, but was not able to accomplish his purpose.
5145 1141 King Stephen defeated and taken prisoner in the
battle of Lincoln.
5147 1143 John being wounded with a poisoned arrow at Cili-
cia, died the 8th of April, in the 24th year of hisreign ; and is succeeded in the Greek empire byhis youngest son Manuel Comnenus.
Celcstine II. succeeds Innocent II. in the popedom ;and five months after Celestine II. is succeededby Lucius II.
5148 1144 Several cities in Phrygia recovered from the Turks
by the Greek emperor.
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5148 1144 Eugenius III. succeeds Lucius II. in the popedom-
The Latin princes, by the instigation of S. Bernard,undertake the second croisade against the Turks.
5149 1145 About this time the Jews crucified a child upon Eas-
ter day at Northwich in derision of Christ andhis religion.
5151 1147 Stephen, king of England, after long war and much
trouble, is again crowned king of Lincoln.
5154 1150 The river Thames is frozen over to such a degree,
that a horse and cart could pass over on the ice-
5155 1151 The canon law composed by Gratian.
5156 1152 William, the Sicilian king, over-rail and wasted the
country about Benevento; upon which he is ex-communicated by the pope.
5158 1154 Anastasius IV. succeeds Eugenius III. in the pope-
dom : and the next year Adrian IV. succeedsAnastasius IV.
Henry II. grandson of Ilenry I. succeeds Stephenin the kingdom of England.
The party-names of Guelfs and Gibbelines begin.
5161 1157 Henry, king of England, reduces the Welsh to obe-
dience, and afterwards builds the strong castle ofRutland.
5163 1159 Pope Adrian IV. dies, being reported to be choaked
with a fly while drinking. A little before his deathhe affirmed that no kind of life was more miserablethan that of a pope. He is succeeded by Alex-ander III.
5165 1161 Milan destroyed by Frederic, emperor of Germany.
5166 1162 The emperor Frederic wishes to make up matters
with Alexander, bishop of Rome; but the popewill not come to an agreement with him.
5168 1164 The Welsh again rebelling, are brought under sub-
jection to the English.
5174 1170 Thomas-a-Becket murdered in the cathedral church
at Canterbury, Dec. 29. He was canonized bythe pope in A. D. 1172.
5175 1171 Henry II. king of England, invades Ireland in Octo-
ber, and in the following year reduces the wholeisland to his subjection.
5176 1172 Saladin, king of the Turks, annexes Egypt and Sy-
ria to his dominions.
5178 1174 The English king Ilenry II. does penance at Bec-
ket’s tomb.
5180 1176 Frederic, emperor of Germany, after having opposed
the ambition of the pope, and invaded Italy fivetimes, is completely defeated at Comum withgreat slaughter; upon which he makes peacewith his enemies, and comes to Venice to thebishop of Rome, before whom he so humbledhimself, that he suffered the pope to tread uponhim, at which time was sung this verse out of thepsalter, “ Super aspidem et basiliscum ambula-i)i>, conculcabis leonem et draconem i. c.“ Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk;thou shalt trample upon the lion and the dragon.”And when Frederic said, that he did not make thisobeisance to Alexander but to l’eter, the popeanswered, “ Both to me and to Peter.”
5184 1180 Manuel, the Greek emperor, dies in the 38th year
of his reign, having for some time before takenthe monastic habit, to atone for the debaucheriesof his youth; and is succeeded by his sonAlexius Comnenus.
Philip, the French king, expels the Jews out of hisdominions.
5185 1181 Lucius HI. succeeds Alexander III. in the popedom.
5187 1183 Saladin, king of the Turks, invades and spoils the
country around Jerusalem.
Andronious succeeds Alexius Comnenus in theGreek empire.
5188 1184 William, the Sicilian king, marches a very great army
against the Greeks for their ill usage of the Latins,i(i their expedition to the Holy -iland ; and takesthe city ot' Thessalonica, in Macedonia, ami re-duced