Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 31.777, 35.235 · 164 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 1567 BC | Manetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments) | More than 240,000 Hyksos left through the desert toward Syria and founded Jerusalem in the land of Judah. tradition |
| 600 BC | Manetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments) | Necho II took Jerusalem and led King Joahaz away as a captive to Egypt. tradition |
| 588 BC | Manetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments) | In the time of Apries, Jerusalem fell to Assyria, and the Jews who remained fled to him. |
| 175 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | A dispute over the high priesthood arises in Jerusalem (title: Antiochus's expedition to Jerusalem over the high-priesthood dispute) |
| 168 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Antiochus Epiphanes captures Jerusalem and plunders the Temple, amid the Syrian disputes over Egypt |
| 167 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | On the 25th of Chaseleu (December), year 145, Antiochus feigns peace and takes Jerusalem by trickery |
| 164 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Judas goes up to Jerusalem, purifies the Temple and keeps the eight-day festival of rededication |
| 163 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Antiochus V and Lysias come through Bethsura and besiege Judas, shut up in the Temple, then withdraw on peace terms |
| 161 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Nicanor comes to Jerusalem and tries to seize Judas by trickery under a show of peace, but is exposed and goes to war |
| 160 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Bacchides advances again and Judas falls in battle |
| 152 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At the Feast of Tabernacles Jonathan puts on the high priest's robes (year 160) |
| 144 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Jonathan sends envoys and gifts to Demetrius asking him to remove the garrison of the Jerusalem citadel |
| 143 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Jonathan sends envoys to Rome to renew the old friendship |
| 143 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Jonathan rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem and the wall around the Temple |
| 142 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | With Jonathan captured, Simon is acclaimed by the people and becomes high priest and leader |
| 142 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | In year 170, Simon's first year, the Jewish people are freed from Macedonian rule and tribute |
| 134 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | As Antiochus besieges Jerusalem, Hyrcanus opens David's tomb and takes out money |
| 134 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Antiochus VII invades Judea and besieges Jerusalem, where Hyrcanus is |
| 134 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Hyrcanus opens David's tomb and takes out 3,000 talents of silver |
| 104 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Aristobulus is the first to wear the diadem; after killing his mother and brother, he dies within a year |
| 104 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Aristobulus puts on the crown and imprisons his mother and brothers |
| 88 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At the Feast of Tabernacles the people pelt Alexander with citrons and rise in revolt |
| 88 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Demetrius Eucaerus camps near Shechem and defeats Alexander but soon withdraws |
| 80 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | After a long illness Alexander dies around the fortress of Ragaba |
| 76 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Alexandra succeeds her husband Jannaeus and rules for nine years, with the Pharisees holding real power |
| 76 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Alexandra hands power to the Pharisees and rules for nine years |
| 65 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Aretas and Hyrcanus attack Aristobulus with 50,000 men, shut him in the Jerusalem Temple and besiege it |
| 63 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | While the factions of Aristobulus and Hyrcanus split inside Jerusalem, Pompey fills the ditch and ravine north of the Temple and assaults it |
| 63 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Pompey and his men enter the sanctuary that no one had ever seen — the nation's greatest wound |
| 63 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Pompey keeps building earthworks even on the Sabbath, breaches the wall and takes Jerusalem, with Faustus first on the wall |
| 54 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Crassus takes all the gold left in the Jerusalem Temple to fund his Parthian campaign |
| 54 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | On his Parthian expedition Crassus takes the Temple's treasures |
| 47 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | After seeing Caesar off from Syria, Antipater returns to Judea and first rebuilds the Jerusalem walls Pompey had torn down |
| 47 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Caesar confirms Hyrcanus as high priest and makes Antipater procurator of Judea |
| 47 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Antipater puts his eldest son Phasael in charge of Jerusalem and the 15-year-old Herod in charge of Galilee |
| 46 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Hyrcanus summons Herod to trial, and Herod appears as his father advised |
| 46 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod is summoned to the Sanhedrin for killing bandits but flees to Damascus on a tip from Hyrcanus |
| 43 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Cassius collects taxes in Judea, and Malichus poisons Antipater |
| 40 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Parthians bring Antigonus to Judea, and as Jerusalem fills with Pentecost crowds, unrest engulfs the Temple area |
| 40 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod, sensing a Parthian plot, slips out of Jerusalem by night with his family |
| 40 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Parthian Barzapharnes enters Jerusalem with Antigonus in front and, at Pentecost, captures Hyrcanus and Phasael |
| 39 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod camps west of Jerusalem, but the guards on the walls resist with arrows and javelins |
| 37 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Sosius joins Herod with a large army, and together they surround Jerusalem |
| 37 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod and Sosius take Jerusalem by force, and Antigonus meets his end |
| 37 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | In the consulship of Agrippa and Gallus, Herod and Sosius take Jerusalem by storm |
| 37 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Having taken Jerusalem, Herod offers its wealth to Antony and kills the rich |
| 36 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod installs Aristobulus, brother of his queen Mariamne, as high priest and soon has him killed |
| 32 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Citing the Arab king's ingratitude, Herod prepares for war and addresses his soldiers |
| 31 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | In the year of the Battle of Actium (Herod's 7th year) a great earthquake strikes Judea |
| 30 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod kills the aged Hyrcanus on suspicion of treason |
| 29 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod executes his wife Mariamne and also kills her mother Alexandra |
| 25 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | In Herod's 13th year a great famine and plague strike, and Herod buys grain abroad and distributes it |
| 20 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | In his 18th year Herod begins tearing down the Temple and rebuilding it larger |
| 8 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Over unrest in Trachonitis Herod fights Arabia, and Syllaeus accuses Herod in Rome |
| 5 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Herod tries Antipater at Jerusalem with the Syrian governor Varus and imprisons him |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Syrian governor Varus happens to be in Jerusalem, and Herod accuses Antipater before him |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Uproar over pulling down the golden eagle from the Temple gate — Herod, gravely ill, is enraged |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | When Archelaus holds a feast for his father's funeral, the crowd riots, and he unleashes the army, killing about 3,000 |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Before the verdict, the Roman procurator Sabinus fights a great battle with the Jewish crowd in Jerusalem, and the Temple porticoes burn |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Varus, on receiving a letter from Sabinus and others, leads his army to Jerusalem and crucifies about 2,000 |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | During Herod's illness, teachers of the Law pull down and smash the golden eagle at the Temple gate, and Herod punishes them |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | As Herod's will provided, Archelaus becomes king and holds a grand funeral for his father |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At Passover the people rise in revolt, and Archelaus sends troops |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At Pentecost, a crowd angered by Sabinus's tyranny surrounds the Temple and palace and fights |
| 4 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Varus comes with two legions, suppresses the revolt and crucifies 2,000 |
| AD 6 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Quirinius conducts the census and taxation of Syria and Judea, Coponius comes as governor of Judea, and Judas of Galilee resists |
| AD 10 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Under Coponius, at midnight at Passover when the Temple gates are opened, Samaritans scatter human bones in the Temple |
| AD 26 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Pilate brings standards bearing images of Caesar into Jerusalem by night, causing a great uproar |
| AD 26 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Pilate moves his troops from Caesarea to Jerusalem and brings in standards bearing the emperor's image, causing unrest |
| AD 30 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Pilate uses Temple funds for an aqueduct and the crowd protests; about this time there is a passage saying Jesus was crucified by Pilate's sentence |
| AD 36 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Vitellius goes up to Jerusalem at Passover, waives the tax on fruit and returns custody of the high priest's vestments |
| AD 41 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Claudius returns his grandfather's kingdom to Agrippa, and Agrippa offers sacrifices at Jerusalem |
| AD 42 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Agrippa begins building a huge wall around Jerusalem |
| AD 42 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Agrippa builds a new wall at Jerusalem but halts it after the Syrian governor's report |
| AD 45 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Under the governor Fadus, the magician Theudas leads a crowd claiming he will part the Jordan and is executed |
| AD 46 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Queen Helena of Adiabene buys grain during the Jerusalem famine and feeds the poor |
| AD 48 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Under Cumanus at Passover, a soldier's indecency causes a great riot and many Jews are crushed to death |
| AD 52 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Claudius sends Felix, brother of Pallas, as governor of Judea |
| AD 56 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | In Jerusalem an assassin band called the Sicarii kills people in broad daylight in the middle of the city, especially at festivals |
| AD 56 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | An Egyptian false prophet deceives about 30,000 and leads them from the wilderness toward Jerusalem |
| AD 58 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Felix captures the bandit chief Eleazar and his band and deals with the false prophets who led crowds into the wilderness |
| AD 60 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | When Festus arrives in Judea, bandits and dagger-assassins (Sicarii) have greatly multiplied |
| AD 62 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | After Festus's death and before Albinus arrives, the high priest Ananus has James stoned to death |
| AD 62 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At night the Sicarii kidnap a scribe of the Temple governor and demand a prisoner exchange |
| AD 64 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | When Temple works end and 18,000 workers lose their jobs, they are redirected to tasks such as paving Jerusalem's streets |
| AD 64 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Gessius Florus follows Albinus and fills Judea with misery (the origin of the war) |
| AD 65 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | When Cestius Gallus comes to Jerusalem around the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the crowd complains of Florus's tyranny |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Florus orders his soldiers to plunder the Upper Market and kill whoever they meet, causing a great massacre |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Agrippa II gathers the people and speeches against fighting Rome, pleading in tears with his sister |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Eleazar halts the sacrifices for foreigners, cutting off those for Rome, which marks the start of the war |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | On the 15th of Loüs (Ab), rebels attack the Antonia fortress, besiege the garrison for two days, then kill them and burn it |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Menahem, son of Judas the Galilean, comes to Jerusalem and leads the revolt but is soon removed |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The high priest Ananias, caught after hiding in an aqueduct, is killed with his brother Hezekiah by the bandits |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Cestius burns part of Jerusalem and is driven up to the walls, but recalls his troops for no reason |
| AD 66 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Florus's misrule drives the Jews to take up arms against Rome; the Antiquities runs to Nero's 12th year |
| AD 67 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At night John, finding no Roman guards, leads his band in flight to Jerusalem |
| AD 67 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Zealots choose a high priest by lot — the lot falls on the family of Eniachin |
| AD 68 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Ananus gathers the crowd and makes a speech urging an attack on the Zealots |
| AD 68 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Idumean army reaches Jerusalem but, with the gates closed, spends the night outside the walls in a storm |
| AD 68 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Zealots saw open the gates at midnight, the Idumeans enter, and Ananus, Jesus and others are killed |
| AD 68 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Idumeans repent and some leave, whereupon the Zealots kill still more citizens |
| AD 69 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Simon takes control of Jerusalem — in the month Xanthicus (Nisan) of the war's third year |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Eleazar's faction in the Temple, angered by John's tyranny, splits off, and Jerusalem divides into three factions |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Simon, invited in by the citizens, controls the Upper City and most of the city |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Titus, scouting with a few cavalry, strays toward the Tower of Psephinus and narrowly escapes being suddenly surrounded |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Once the legion from Emmaus joins him, Titus reaches Scopus and camps within sight of the city |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Jews mistake the Roman march for a retreat and pour out of the gates to attack |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Titus puts picked cavalry and infantry in front to camp closer than Scopus |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | A ruse in which the rebels pretend to be driven from the Women's Tower gate to deceive the Romans |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Touring the walls, Titus sees Nicanor wounded by an arrow and steps up the siege pressure |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | One of the Roman siege towers collapses by itself and the first wall falls into Roman hands |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Five days after taking the first wall Titus takes the second, is driven out, then retakes it |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Romans begin raising ramps on the 12th of Artemisius and finish them with great toil by the 29th |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Once the wall is built around the city, famine spreads house to house and people die |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Romans attack the Antonia fortress |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Syrian soldier Sabinus climbs the wall with a few men and is killed by a stone |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Roman soldiers take the Antonia under cover of darkness |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Titus has the foundations of the Antonia demolished and has Josephus urge surrender once more |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Romans fight hand to hand, unarmored, with the Temple guards |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Jews use a ruse of burning a portico useless to the Romans, and many Roman soldiers are burned |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Mary, from beyond the Jordan, devours her own child in the famine |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Temple gates burn, then the sanctuary itself on the 10th of Loüs |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Titus enters the sanctuary with his commanders and tries to stop the fire but cannot restrain his soldiers |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Romans set their standards east of the Temple gate, sacrifice to them and hail Titus |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The next day the Romans burn the Lower City as far as Siloam |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The Idumean commanders gather secretly and send men to ask Titus for surrender |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | On the 7th of Elul (Gorpiaeus), after 18 days Rome finishes its ramps and brings the engines up to the wall |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The soldiers are tired of killing yet many remain, so Titus orders only the armed killed and the rest taken captive |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Captives taken in the war are tallied at 97,000, and those who died in the siege at 1,100,000 |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Jerusalem is taken on the 8th of Gorpiaeus in the 2nd year of Vespasian's reign |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Titus has the city and Temple razed except three towers and stations the Tenth Legion |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Titus praises his soldiers' deeds by name, hands out rewards and discharges many from service |
| AD 70 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Simon, in the Upper City while the city falls, goes underground with his faithful friends |
| AD 70 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Jerusalem is the capital, and a great temple rich in wealth stands there |
| AD 70 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The Jews deploy their battle line right beneath the walls and fight |
| AD 636 | Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings | Jerusalem surrenders — treaty with its inhabitants |
| AD 637 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | In the reign of Heraclius, Omar (the third successor of Muhammad) conquers all of Syria: the starting point of the account of the conquest of Jerusalem |
| AD 1093 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The hermit Peter comes to Jerusalem and speaks with the patriarch Simeon: the origin of the appeal for the crusade |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The army arrives at Jerusalem |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The time when the crusaders reached Jerusalem, and the numbers of our and enemy forces |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Godfrey sweeps through the city and carries out a great slaughter; Count Raymond of Toulouse enters from the south |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The citizens flee to the courtyard of the Temple, and Tancred pursues them, causing countless killings |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The city is purified of the corpses; those who had fled to the citadel surrender to Count Raymond of Toulouse; that day is fixed as a perpetual commemoration |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The princes, overcoming the clergy's opposition, elect Duke Godfrey as their leader |
| AD 1099 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The princes split: the counts of Normandy and Flanders return home, Count Raymond goes to Constantinople, and Tancred becomes lord of Tiberias |
| AD 1100 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The death and burial of Duke Godfrey |
| AD 1118 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Baldwin, count of Edessa, ascends the throne |
| AD 1118 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The Egyptian navy and army enter the kingdom but do not engage; Patriarch Arnulf dies and Gormond succeeds him |
| AD 1119 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The Knights Templar are founded in Jerusalem |
| AD 1131 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king returns to Jerusalem, dies of a grave illness, and is buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre beside the other kings |
| AD 1131 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Fulk, count of Anjou: his origin and character; the third king of Jerusalem |
| AD 1141 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The legate returns to Jerusalem, holds a church council, and dedicates the Temple of the Lord (Templum Domini) |
| AD 1143 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The accession of Baldwin III; he rules under his mother's guardianship |
| AD 1152 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Serious discord arises between the king and his mother; the king is crowned without her knowledge. |
| AD 1152 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | A great Turkish army comes to seize Jerusalem, but our forces sally out and drive it off. |
| AD 1153 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king forcibly enters Jerusalem, confines his mother in the Tower of David, and finally makes peace. |
| AD 1158 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Amalric, abbot of the Holy Sepulchre, is elected patriarch in Jerusalem. |
| AD 1163 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Amalric succeeds his brother Baldwin III as king. |
| AD 1167 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king is victorious, recovers all his men, and returns to Jerusalem. |
| AD 1174 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Baldwin IV, sixth king of Jerusalem, accedes to the throne: his character, age, and appearance. |
| AD 1177 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Cold and driving rain leave the fleeing troops exhausted, and countless die; the king returns victorious to Jerusalem. |
| AD 1180 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king gives his sister in marriage to Guy of Lusignan; a truce is made with Saladin on equal terms. |
| AD 1183 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The king removes the regency of the count of Jaffa and crowns his nephew Baldwin as co-king. |
| AD 1184 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The long discord between the king and the count of Jaffa grows severe, and the count of Tripoli takes over the regency and guardianship of the king. |