Crusades - Siege of Antioch

Time: Wednesday Oct 20, 1097

Place: Antioch (Present-Day Antakya, Turkey)

Details: The Crusader army marched to the former Byzantine city of Antioch that had been in Muslim control since 1084. The Crusaders began the siege of Antioch in October 1097 tell Antioch was captured.

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