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 Fairarrests 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