Baldwin IV orders the construction of a castle at Jacob’s Ford.
1179
10 June
Saladin defeats Baldwin IV at the Battle on the Litani/Marj Ayun;
24-29 August
Saladin destroys the unfinished castle at Jacob’s Ford.
1180
April
Marriage of Princess Sibylla to Guy de Lusignan;
May
Truce between Baldwin IV and Saladin;
18 September
Philip (Augustus) II becomes king of France;
24 September
Death of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
1181
Maronites unite with the Roman Catholic Church.
1182
May
Outbreak of anti-Latin riots in Constantinople; Andronicus I deposes Alexus II as Byzantine Emperor;
5 July
Baldwin IV defeats Saladin at the Battle of le Forbelet, ending Saladin’s second invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem;
August-September
Franks repulse an attempt by Saladin to seize Beirut;
November
Reynald de Chatillon launches ships in the Red Sea that prey on pilgrims and attack the Red Sea coast.
1183
February
Chatillon’s ships are destroyed and his men killed or captured;
11 June September
Aleppo surrenders to Saladin; Henry the ‘Young King’, eldest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine dies;
