What the records say
- When
- 17 Nov 1202 – 1 Dec 1202
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 44.11° N, 15.23° E
- Description
- 1202 first major action of the Fourth Crusade
Siege of Zara
Part of the Fourth Crusade
The siege of Zara or siege of Zadar was the first major action of the Fourth Crusade and the first attack against a Catholic city by Catholic crusaders. The crusaders had an agreement with Venice for transport across the sea, but the price far exceeded what they were able to pay.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Zara: The Crusaders under Boniface of Montferrat besiege and conquer Zara (modern-day Zadar) in Dalmatia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nach zweiwöchiger Belagerung wird Zara erobert und verwüstet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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