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Headline: This Day in History: Pope Urban II Orders the First Crusade

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November 27, 1095. During a speech to several hundred clerics and noblemen at the Council of Clermont in France, Pope Urban II called on all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land.

Keywords: This Day in History,Pope Urban II,Orders,First Crusade,Council,Clermont,France,Muslims,Christians,Europe,War,Against,Reclaim,Holy Land,Speech,Catholics,Religion,Jerusalem,Seljuk Turks,Military

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