Levant Spring – King Baldwin I concludes an alliance with the Genoese fleet, offering them commercial privileges and booty. He captures the towns of Arsuf and Caesarea. Baldwin's crusaders pillage Caesarea and massacre the majority of the local population. September 7 – Battle of Ramla: A Crusader force (some 1,100 men) under Baldwin I defeats the invading Fatimids at Ramla (modern Israel). Baldwin plunders the Fatimid camp and the survivors flee to Ascalon.
Levant Spring – King Baldwin I concludes an alliance with the Genoese fleet offering them commercial privileges and booty He captures the towns of Arsuf and Caesarea Baldwin's crusaders pillage Caesarea and massacre the majority of the local population September 7 – Battle of Ramla A Crusader force (some 1100 men) under Baldwin I defeats the invading Fatimids at Ramla (modern Israel) Baldwin plunders the Fatimid camp and the survivors flee to Ascalon