MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · May 18
THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 18
May 18 in history
1291 — The fall of Acre
18 May 1291 — the last great city of Outremer falls tower by tower after six weeks of siege; the final defenders drown or die on the mole. Two centuries of crusader rule on the mainland end in a single morning. A site of memory.
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