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The Crusades >> The Third Crusade
   
In Brief~
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- Jul 4, 1187: Saladin wins the Battle of Hattin, and
takes most of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
- May, 1189: Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) leaves
Europe on the Third Crusade
- Jun 10, 1190: Frederick I drowns in Anatolia
- Jul 1190: King Philip of France and King Richard of
England set out on the Third Crusade
- Winter 1190-1: The French and English make camp in
Sicily
- Jul 12, 1191: Acre surrendered to King Philip, King
Richard and King Guy; King Philip departs the Holy Land for France
shortly afterward
- Sep 7, 1191: King Richard meets Saladin at the
Battle of Arsuf
- Nov-Dec 1191: Richard's Crusaders march toward
Jerusalem but turn back to the coast
- Jun 1192: Richard's Crusaders march again toward
Jerusalem but turn back again
- Oct 9, 1192: King Richard the Lionhearted departs
the Holy Land for home
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