1099

Events 
 Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade:
 July 8 – 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem.
 January 13 – Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria.
 July 15 – Christian soldiers under Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert II of Flanders, Raymond IV of Toulouse and Tancred take Jerusalem after a difficult siege, killing nearly every inhabitant.
 August 12– the crusaders defeat the Fatimids at the Battle of Ascalon.