Guy de Lusignan named Baillie of Jerusalem; Baldwin IV retains crown but retires from government;
29 September-8 October
Saladin’s third invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ends in a stalemate;
1-2 November
Saladin lays siege to the castle of Kerak;
20 November
Lusignan relieved of his office of baillie; Baldwin V crowned co-king to his uncle Baldwin IV;
3-4 December
Saladin lifts siege of Kerak because of the approach of a relieving army commanded by Baldwin IV; Nablus and other cities in Galilee are sacked during his withdrawal.
1184
July
Patriarch of Jerusalem and the masters of the Temple and Hospital depart on an embassy to the West;
August-September
Saladin again lays siege to Kerak and is forced to withdraw.
1185
ca. 15 April
Baldwin IV dies; Raymond de Tripoli named baillie;
Raymond signs a four-year truce with Saladin;
June
Emperor Andronicus proposes offensive alliance to Saladin, which includes a joint attack on the crusader states;
Summer
Saladin besieges but fails to take Mosul; alliance negotiated.
1186
August
Death of Baldwin V; Sibylla usurps the throne and crowns Guy king-consort;
September
Emperor Andronicus murdered by a mob; Isaac II Angelus becomes emperor of Constantinople;
