Battle of Cresson
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The Battle of Cresson was a small battle between Frankish and Ayyubid forces on 1 May 1187 at the "Spring of the Cresson." While the exact location of the spring is unknown, it is located in the environs of Nazareth. The conflict was a prelude to the decisive defeat of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin two months later.
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Battle of Cresson (1187)
1187-05-08
Location: 32.7351, 35.3545, KML, Maps


































































































Armenian–Sasanian wars 400—700
Armenians, Sasanian Empire, series of wars,Battle of Ain Jalut 1260
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ayyubid dynasty, Ilkhanate, Kingdom of Georgia, Mamluk Sultanate, battle,Battle of Al-Fule 1183
Ayyubid Sultanate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle,Battle of Al-Sannabra 1113
battle,Battle of Asophon -102
Hasmonean Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom of Cyprus, battle,Battle of Belvoir Castle 1182
Ayyubid Sultanate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle,Battle of Cresson 1187
Ayyubid Sultanate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, battle,Battle of Djahy -1177
New Kingdom of Egypt, Sea Peoples, battle,Battle of Gesher 1948
battle,Battle of Hattin 1187
Ayyubid Sultanate, County of Tripoli, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, Order of Saint Lazarus, Principality of Antioch, battle, order of Mountjoy,Battle of Megiddo -1456
Canaanites, Hurrians, Kadesh, Mitanni, New Kingdom of Egypt, Tel Megiddo, battle,Battle of Megiddo -608
battle,Battle of Mishmar HaEmek 1948
battle,Battle of Mount Tabor
battle,Battle of Mount Tabor 1799
Ottoman Empire, battle,Battle of Mount Tabor 67
battle,Battle of Nazareth 1918
Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle,Battle of Samakh 1918
Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle,Battle of the Waters of Merom
battle,Battles of the Kinarot Valley 1948
battle,Byzantine–Sasanian War 440
Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, war,Capture of Tarichaea 68
battle,Druze power struggle 1658—1667
Ma'nids, Ottoman Syria, armed conflict,Galilee campaign 67
military campaign,Muslim conquest of the Levant 633—640
Byzantine Empire, Ghassanids, Rashidun Caliphate, conquest, war,Ninth Crusade 1271—1272
religious war,Ottoman Wars in the Near East
series of wars,Siege of Belvoir Castle 1187—1189
Ayyubid Sultanate, Knights Hospitaller, siege,Siege of Gabara 67
siege,Siege of Japha 67
siege,Siege of Mount Tabor 1217
Ayyubid Sultanate, Duchy of Austria, Kingdom of Cyprus, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, Principality of Antioch, Teutonic Order, siege,Siege of Safed 1266
Knights Templar, Mamluk Sultanate, siege,Siege of Safed 1188
Ayyubid Sultanate, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, battle, siege,Siege of Tiberias 1187
siege,Siege of Yodfat 67
siege,Sieges of Tiberias 1742—1743
Al-Zayadina, Ottoman Empire, siege,Third Crusade 1189—1192
religious war,Unknown 1948
battle,Yom Kippur War 1973
Egypt, Israel, Syria, war,
Battle of al-Harrah – Battle of Autun – Battle of Berzitia – Battle of Fitjar – Battle of Hafrsfjord – Battle of Mount Tabor – Battle of Valdejunquera – Capture of Tarichaea – Siege of Gabara – Siege of Japha – Israel: 2006 Lebanon War – Armenian–Sasanian wars – Battle of Ain Jalut – Battle of Al-Fule – Battle of Al-Sannabra – Battle of Asophon – Battle of Belvoir Castle – Battle of Djahy – Battle of Gesher – Battle of Hattin – Battle of Megiddo – Battle of Megiddo – Battle of Mount Tabor – Battle of Mount Tabor – Battle of Mount Tabor – Battle of Nazareth – Battle of the Waters of Merom – Byzantine–Sasanian War – Capture of Tarichaea – Galilee campaign – Muslim conquest of the Levant – Ninth Crusade – Ottoman Wars in the Near East – Unknown – Siege of Belvoir Castle – Siege of Gabara – Siege of Japha – Siege of Safed – Siege of Safed – Siege of Tiberias – Siege of Yodfat – Sieges of Tiberias – United Kingdom:
Battle of Mount Tabor –Type | Date | Description | Notes | Source | Subtype |
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event | 400 | Armenian–Sasanian wars | Armenians, Sasanian Empire, series of wars, | Wikidata | war |
event | 1260 | Battle of Ain Jalut | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ayyubid dynasty, Ilkhanate, Kingdom of Georgia, Mamluk Sultanate, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1183 | Battle of Al-Fule | Ayyubid Sultanate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1113 | Battle of Al-Sannabra | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 102 | Battle of Asophon | Hasmonean Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom of Cyprus, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1182 | Battle of Belvoir Castle | Ayyubid Sultanate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1187 | Battle of Cresson | Ayyubid Sultanate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1177 | Battle of Djahy | New Kingdom of Egypt, Sea Peoples, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1948 | Battle of Gesher | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1187 | Battle of Hattin | Ayyubid Sultanate, County of Tripoli, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, Order of Saint Lazarus, Principality of Antioch, battle, order of Mountjoy, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1456 | Battle of Megiddo | Canaanites, Hurrians, Kadesh, Mitanni, New Kingdom of Egypt, Tel Megiddo, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 608 | Battle of Megiddo | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1948 | Battle of Mishmar HaEmek | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | Battle of Mount Tabor | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict | |
event | 1799 | Battle of Mount Tabor | Ottoman Empire, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 67 | Battle of Mount Tabor | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1918 | Battle of Nazareth | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1918 | Battle of Samakh | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | Battle of the Waters of Merom | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict | |
event | 1948 | Battles of the Kinarot Valley | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 440 | Byzantine–Sasanian War | Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, war, | Wikidata | war |
event | 68 | Capture of Tarichaea | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1658 | Druze power struggle | Ma'nids, Ottoman Syria, armed conflict, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 67 | Galilee campaign | military campaign, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 633 | Muslim conquest of the Levant | Byzantine Empire, Ghassanids, Rashidun Caliphate, conquest, war, | Wikidata | war |
event | 1271 | Ninth Crusade | religious war, | Wikidata | war |
event | Ottoman Wars in the Near East | series of wars, | Wikidata | war | |
event | 1187 | Siege of Belvoir Castle | Ayyubid Sultanate, Knights Hospitaller, siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 67 | Siege of Gabara | siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 67 | Siege of Japha | siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1217 | Siege of Mount Tabor | Ayyubid Sultanate, Duchy of Austria, Kingdom of Cyprus, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, Principality of Antioch, Teutonic Order, siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1266 | Siege of Safed | Knights Templar, Mamluk Sultanate, siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1188 | Siege of Safed | Ayyubid Sultanate, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, battle, siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1187 | Siege of Tiberias | siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 67 | Siege of Yodfat | siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1742 | Sieges of Tiberias | Al-Zayadina, Ottoman Empire, siege, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1189 | Third Crusade | religious war, | Wikidata | war |
event | 1948 | Unknown | battle, | Wikidata | armed conflict |
event | 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Egypt, Israel, Syria, war, | Wikidata | war |
commons | Battle of Cresson | Commons | image | ||
commons | Français 5594, fol. 197 haut, Bataille de Kefar Kanna (1187) | Commons | image |