| 636 |
Amr Ibn al-As captured Joppa for Arab tribes led by Omar |
| 971 |
Fatimid army takes refuge from Arab army |
| 1016 |
Earthquake hit region |
| 1033 |
Dec. 5: Yafa devastated with other sites after earthquake and tsunami |
| 1064-5 |
French Norman pilgrims visit and depart through Yafa |
| 1099 |
Yafa razed by Fatimids and abandoned before being taken by Franks
Yafa made a county and overseen by Rodger, seigneur of Rosay, as count
Bishopric re-established under authority of Caesarea
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| 1100 |
One-fourth of Yafa given to Pisans in treaty with Godfrey
June: Venetian fleet arrived in Yafa
July 18: Godfrey died in Yafa hospital
Fortification rebuilt
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| 1101 |
Egyptian army of 20,000 besieged Yafa but abandoned effort
April 16: 32 ships of Genoese fleet arrived in Jaffa
Genoese receive a street in Jaffa as part of treaty with Baldwin
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| 1102 |
Baldwin sought refuge following a failed siege of Fatimid held Ascalon
Oct. 13: heavy storm took one thousand lives and numerous ships
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| 1103 |
Baldwin rebuilt city; defends against two attempted sieges by Fatimids
Patriarch Arnulf granted land for the building of cemetery for St. Peter's church
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| 1105 |
Fatimids besieged Yafa again |
| 1106/1107 |
Russian Abbot, Daniel (Daniel 1888), passed through Yafa |
| 1110 |
Fleet of sixty ships brings 10,000 Norwegians and English to Yafa |
| 1113 |
Fatimids from Ashkelon fail again in a siege of Yafa |
| 1114 |
Church of St. Peter given to patriarch of church of Holy Sepulcher |
| 1115 |
Fatimids from Ashkelon fail again in a siege of Yafa but burn gates |
| 1121 |
Fatimid siege of Jaffa was abandoned when relief force arrived |
| 1123 |
Egyptian fleet destroyed by Venetians in a failed siege of Yafa; Venetians granted a street, bath, and oven |
| 1133 |
Yafa rebelled against king Fulke |
| 1187 |
Oct. 2: Yafa surrendered to al-Melek al-Adel Seif ed-Din, brother of Saladin |
| 1191 |
Walls (and those of other coastal towns) destroyed when abandoned by Saladin |
| 1192 |
July 28-August: Saladin besieges Yafa |
| 1193 |
el-Melek el-Adel besieged Yafa, but it was reoccupied by Crusaders several months later |
| 1198 |
Nov. 11: Small contingent of Crusaders holding Yafa massacred |
| 1228 |
Walls rebuilt by Crusaders but stopped due to peace negotiations (see Crusader inscription) |
| 1244 |
Yafa besieged following failed Crusader battle against Kharezmians, but he withdrew |
| 1250 |
Saint Louis seeks to rebuild Yafa fortifications |
| 1268 |
Mar. 7: Yafa besieged by Bibars, expelled Christians, and razed city |
| 1334 |
Rabbi Issac Chelo visits Yafa |
| 1336 |
Sultan en-Nasir Nasir-ed-Din Mohammed destroyed quay to prevent new Crusade form landing |
