A lokacin da manoma yawan da aka azabtar da fari, yunwa, da kuma cuta na shekaru masu yawa kafin 1096, da kuma wasu daga cikinsu suna ganin sun envisioned da crusade a matsayin wani gudun hijira daga wadannan hardships. spurring su a kan ya kasance da dama meteorological faru fara a 1095 da alama ya zama allahntaka albarka ga motsi: a meteor ruwan sama, aurorae, wata eclipse, da kuma wani comet, a tsakanin sauran abubuwan da suka faru. An yi zargin wani fashewa na erism ya faru kafin majalisar Clermont. Millenism, imani da cewa karshen Almasihu ya kasance m m a ko'ina cikin duniya a farkon karni na 11th, ya jagoranci Urbanus zuwa Urushalima a kan nasu.
15 ga watan Agusta 1096