27 November 1095
Council of Clermont
Pope Urban II presides over the Council of Clermont and calls the First Crusade into being to free the Holy Places at Jerusalem
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Clermont in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Pope Urban II presides over the Council of Clermont and calls the First Crusade into being to free the Holy Places at Jerusalem
Preaches for the First Crusade at Clermont to free the Holy Places at Jerusalem. Pope Urban II presides over the Council of Clermont and calls the First Crusade into being to free the Holy Places at Jerusalem
Urbans call to arms to recapture the holy land begins the 1st Crusade
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