Siege of Damascus
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The siege of Damascus took place between 24 and 28 July 1148, during the Second Crusade. It ended in a crusader defeat and led to the disintegration of the crusade. The two main Christian forces that marched to the Holy Land in response to Pope Eugene III and Bernard of Clairvaux's call for the Second Crusade were led by Kings Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany. Both faced disastrous marches across Anatolia in the months that followed, with most of their armies being destroyed. The original focus of the crusade was Edessa (Urfa), but in Jerusalem, the preferred target of King Baldwin III and the Knights Templar was Damascus. At the Council of Acre, magnates from France, Germany, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem decided to divert the crusade to Damascus.
1148
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Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Knights Templar, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Burid dynasty, County of Flanders, Kingdom of France, Knights Hospitaller, Zengid dynasty, Duchy of Swabia, Syria,
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Location: 33.5122, 36.2983, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1200 | Aram-Damascus | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1920 | Arab Kingdom of Syria | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1920 | State of Damascus | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1922 | Syrian Federation | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1923 | French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1925 | State of Syria | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1930 | Syrian Republic under French mandate | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 Douma market air strikes | airstrike | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Rankous | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Wadi Barada offensive | offensive | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 634 | Battle of Marj Rahit | Khalid ibn al-Walid, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 634 | Siege of Damascus | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 684 | Battle of Marj Rahit | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 971 | Attack on Damascus | Fatimid Caliphate, battle, Qarmatian state of Bahrayn, Banu Uqayl, Alptakin, Banu Kilab | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1078 | Siege of Damascus | Fatimid Caliphate, siege, Seljuk dynasty, Atsiz ibn Uvaq | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1148 | Battle of Mezzeh | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1148 | Siege of Damascus | Holy Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of France, Knights Templar, Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Flanders, battle, Knights Hospitaller, siege, Zengid dynasty, Duchy of Swabia, Burid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1174 | Siege of Damascus | siege, Zengid dynasty, Ayyubid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1229 | Siege of Damascus | siege, Ayyubid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1303 | Battle of Marj al-Saffar | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1386 | Zahiri Revolt | attempted coup d'état, Ẓāhirī, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1516 | Capture of Damascus | Ottoman Empire, siege, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Arab Revolt | rebellion, revolt | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Capture of Damascus | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Charge at Kiswe | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Charge at Khan Ayash | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1920 | Battle of Maysalun | French Third Republic, Arab Kingdom of Syria, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1920 | Capture of Damascus (1920) | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Battle of Kissoué | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Battle of Damascus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1963 | July 1963 Syrian coup attempt | attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | 2011 Rif Dimashq blockades | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Battle of Douma | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Battle of Damascus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Battle of al-Tel | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Rif Dimashq offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Battle of Darayya | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2012 | Yarmouk camp fighting | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2013 | 2013 Israeli Airstrike in Syria | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2013 | Damascus offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2013 | Siege of eastern Ghouta | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2013 | Siege of Wadi Barada | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2014 | Battle of Al-Malihah | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2014 | Rif Dimashq offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | Siege of Madaya | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2015 | Eastern Ghouta offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2016 | Siege of Wadi Barada | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2017 | Qaboun offensive (February–March 2017) | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2017 | Battle of Harasta | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | Southern Damascus offensive (January 2018–present) | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) | Russia, Syria, Syrian Armed Forces, Ahrar al-Sham, Palestine Liberation Army, offensive, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Army of Islam, Arab Nationalist Guard, Liwa Fatemiyoun, Liwa Al-Quds, Al-Rahman Legion, Liwa Zainebiyoun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | Southern Damascus offensive (March 2018) | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | 2018 Douma chemical attack | airstrike, Syrian Armed Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs | France, United Kingdom, United States, armed conflict, airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | Southern Damascus offensive (April 2018) | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2022 | September 2022 Damascus airstrikes | Israeli Air Force, missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2023 | 2023 Damascus airstrike | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus | airstrike, assassination | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | Fall of Damascus | siege, conquest, Southern Operations Room, Southern Front, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | Syrian insurgency | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | 2025 Jaramana clashes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | 2025 Syrian coup d'état attempt | Assadism, attempted coup d'état, Syrian transitional government | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1945 | Syrian Arab Army | army | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Syrian Military Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1998 | October War Panorama | national museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Emperor Conrad splits a Saracen near Damascus, 1148 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Damasek | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Damascus | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Français 2754, fol. 21v, Siège de Damas (1148) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Damascus2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Emperor Conrad splits a Saracen near Damascus, 1148 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Damascus, second crusade | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siège de Damas | Commons | ||






