Editing 1148 (section)

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* [[February 1]] &ndash; A small Crusader fleet of Genoese and English ships sets sail from [[Lisbon]] for the [[Holy Land]].<ref name="auto">David Nicolle (2009). ''The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus'', p. 16. {{ISBN|978-1-84603-354-4}}.</ref> The Anglo-Flemish Crusader fleet takes [[Oran]].<ref>Picard C. (1997). ''La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, p. 73.</ref>
* [[Siege of Tortosa (1148)|Siege of Tortosa]]: A multinational force under  [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer IV]] besieges the Almoravid city of [[Tortosa]]. After a 7-month siege the garrison surrenders.<ref>{{cite journal|last=McGrank|first=Lawrence|title=Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the Principality of Tarragona 1129–55|journal=Journal of Medieval History|year=1981|volume=7|issue=1|pages=67–82|doi=10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1}}</ref>
* King [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] ("the Great") of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] takes [[Abrantes]] from the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]]. Ramon Berenguer IV conquers the lower [[Ebro]] plain (between 1148–1149).<ref name="auto"/>