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| 1187 |
| | | Saladin captures various Crusader fortresses and walled cities, including Acre | |
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| 1187 |
| | | Saladin takes Jerusalem and treats the Christian inhabitants with a consideration unusual for the time | |
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| 1190 |
| | | A year after succeeding to the throne of England, Richard I sets off east as one of the leaders of the third crusade | |
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| 1190 |
| | | The third crusade suffers an early disaster when its first leader, the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, is drowned crossing the Calycadnus river | |
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| 1191 |
| | | The Muslim garrison of Acre surrenders to Richard I, who orders the massacre of 2700 of its members | |
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| 1191 |
| | | The Teutonic Knights are founded to run a hospital in Acre, in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem | |
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| 1202 |
| | | The fleet of the fourth crusade departs from Venice - only to be diverted from its purposes by Venetian guile | |
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| 1204 |
| | | The crusaders of the fourth crusade besiege, take and destroy the Christian city of Constantinople | |
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| 1204 |
| | | Venice takes the useful islands of Corfu and Crete as part of the spoils of the fourth crusade | |
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| c. 1205 |
| | | Many of the treasures adorning the church of San Marco in Venice are loot taken from Constantinople during the fourth crusade | |
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