Historical place archive

Acre in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Acre in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records4 event labels3 people1191–1291

Historical events in Acre

1191

1191
Massacre
Richard I the Lionheart · Holy Crusades, 3rd

Orders the slaughter of 2,700 captured from Acre

1191
Siege of Acre
Richard I the Lionheart · Holy Crusades, 3rd

Richard I proposes his sister marry Saladins brother & receive Jerusalem as a present. Orders the slaughter of 2,700 captured from Acre

8 June 1191
Siege of Acre
Richard I the Lionheart · Holy Crusades, 3rd

Richard enters the port of Acre & prepares for a siege

12 July 1191
Capture of Acre
Richard I the Lionheart · Holy Crusades, 3rd

Acre falls to the Crusaders after Richard I defeats Saladins Army

12 July 1191
Siege of Acre
Richard I the Lionheart · Holy Crusades, 3rd

Acre falls to the Crusaders after Richard I defeats Saladins Army

1271

May 1271
Birth of Joan of Acre
Joan of Acre · House of Plantagenet

Birth of Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England

1291

1291
Siege of Acre
Edward I · Holy Crusades, 4th

Acre falls to the infidel ending the last chance of the holy war

Provenance

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