Events for September 11September 11, 1700James Thomson, Scots author of Rule Britannia, born.Read MoreSeptember 11, 1649Massacre at Drogheda. Cromwell captures the town and slaughters the garrisonRead MoreSeptember 11, 1766John Bligh, former MP for Athboy, who suffers from the delusion that he is a teapot, marries suddenly and unexpectedly at nearly 50 years of age. Between now and his death in 1781 he will father at least seven children, in spite of his initial alarm thatRead MoreSeptember 11, 1297Battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace (as famously portrayed by Mel Gibson in Braveheart) defeats Edward I.Read More
