What is 1099?
{{Year nav|1099}} {{Year in various calendars|1099}} {{Year article header|1099}} [[File:Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099.jpg|thumb|alt=Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders. |Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders.]] == Events == * [[Siege of Jerusalem (1099)|Siege of Jerusalem]] during the [[First Crusade]]: ** [[July 8]] – 15,000 starving [[Christianity|Christian]] soldiers march around [[Jerusalem]]. ** [[January 13]] – [[First Crusade|Crusaders]] set fire to [[Mara, Syria|Mara]], [[Syria]]. ** [[July 15]] – Christian soldiers under [[Godfrey of Bouillon]], [[Robert II of Flanders]], [[Raymond IV of Toulouse]] and [[Tancred, Prince of Galilee|Tancred]] take [[Jerusalem]] after a difficult siege, killing nearly every inhabitant. * [[August 12]]– the crusaders defeat the [[Fatimids]] at the [[Battle of Ascalon]]. [[Category:1099| ]]