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A General Timeline of the Order



1095
The First Crusade preached by Pope Urban II

1096
The First Crusade initiated

1099
Jerusalem captured from Muslims

1119
Knights Templars founded (some sources cite 1118)

1128
The Council of Troyes, the Rule of the Order adopted

1145
Second Crusade preached
1146
Second Crusade initiated, then crushed in 1148 outside Damascus in Syria

1165
Templars firmly established in Jerusalem and other major towns of Palestine, as well as Europe

1187
Jerusalem recaptured by Muslims, led by Saladin

1187
Pope Gregory VIII preaches the Third Crusade in his letter Audita Tremendi

1190
Third Crusade fails to relieve Jerusalem; Richard I of England and Philip II of France depart for the Holy Land
1192
Richard I enters treaty with Saladin; Jerusalem opened for Christian pilgrims

1198
Fourth Crusade preached

1213
Fifth Crusade preached

1228
Jerusalem somewhat surprisingly liberated by Frederick II's treaty with the Sultan of Egypt; held until 1244, during which time the Templars reinstated themselves on the Temple Mount

1249
St Louis's Egyptian Crusade, the last large-scale offensive of its type

1291
Acre falls as the last bastion on the Crusader state in Palestine

1307
Philip the Fair arrests Templars on October 13th

1310
54 Templars burned at stake to harass remaining Templars into confession

1314
Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charnay burned at stake

1314
Death of Philip the Fair

1314
Death of Clement V

1995
Espoo Virtual Preceptory founded

1995
Espoo Virtual Preceptory re-launched by a fan


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