{"id":548,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1104ce-may-25--548","name":"1104 CE, May 25","year":1104,"era":"CE","month":5,"day":25,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1104ce-may-25--548","iso-date":"1104-05-25","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eKing Baldwin I of Jerusalem, captures the port city of Acre from the Fatimids on May 25, 1104 with support from a Genoese fleet after a 20-day siege, solidifying control over he Kingdom of Jerusalem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eThe victory came after failed attempts in 1103. After the victory, Baldwin went on to capture, other coastal cities like Beirut in 1110 and Sidon in 1111.\u003cbr\u003eBaldwin I, was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne,(present day France) and Ida of Lorraine. the first count of Edessa ( ancient center of early Christianity in Upper Mesopotamia known today as Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey). Baldwin joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1071ce--4872\"\u003eFirst Crusade\u003c/a\u003e. He was king of Jerusalem from 1100 until his death in 1118.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-03-15T11:02:41-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-24T22:31:40-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"May History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 25","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may-25"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1104ce-may-25--548#eventK365","name":"1104 CE, May 25","headline":"King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, captures the port city of Acre from the Fatimids on May 25, 1104 with support... - 1104 CE","description":"King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, captures the port city of Acre from the Fatimids on May 25, 1104 with support from a Genoese fleet after a 20-day siege,...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1104ce-may-25--548","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-15T11:02:41-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-24T22:31:40-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1104-05-25","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may","name":"What Happened in May History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/may-25#pageK365","name":"What Happened on May 25"}]}}