MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · March 31
THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 31
March 31 in history
1146 — Bernard preaches the cross
31 Mar 1146 — at Vézelay, Bernard of Clairvaux summons the Second Crusade before King Louis VII and a vast crowd. Two royal armies will march east; almost none of their men will come home.
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