28 February
Raymond de Toulouse dies while besieging Tripoli;
27 August
Franks defeat another Egyptian army at the second Battle of Ramla.
1108
September
Prince Bohemond of Antioch acknowledges Byzantine suzerainty over Antioch.
1109
26 June
Tripoli surrenders to the Franks; Genoese and Provencal support decisive; population spared;
County of Tripoli established.
1110
13 May
Beirut falls to the Franks with Genoese and Pisan support;
5 December
Sidon surrenders to the Franks, the latter supported by a Norwegian fleet under King Sigurd; population spared.
1113
15 February
The Hospitallers established as an independent order by Pope Paschal II;
Frankish expansion to the Jordan halted by defeat of Baldwin II at Sinnabra.
1114
Earliest date for the founding of the Knights Templar.
1118
2 April
Death of Baldwin I;
14 April
Consecration of Baldwin de Bourcq as Baldwin II;
25 December
Coronation of Baldwin and his Armenian wife Morphia as king and queen of Jerusalem.
1119
28 June
