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September 11
Today in Celtic history
Battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace (as famously portrayed by Mel Gibson in Braveheart) defeats Edward I.
Massacre at Drogheda. Cromwell captures the town and slaughters the garrison
James Thomson, Scots author of Rule Britannia, born.
John Bligh, former MP for Athboy, who suffers from the delusion that he is a teapot, marries suddenly.
Dail Eireann is suppressed as a dangerous association by the British government and membership is deemed to be a crime
Proportional representation for local elections is abolished in Northern Ireland
The Citizens Theatre on Glasgow moved from its original location in Buchanan Street to the heart of the Gorbals.
Referendum on Devolution which approved the creation of a new Scottish Parliament by a substantial majority.
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Saturday
September 12
Sunday
September 13
September 13, 1644
Battle of Aberdeen, in which the Marquis of Montrose captured the city.
Monday
September 14
Tuesday
September 15
September 15, 1718
The Breton gentry gather in Rennes to defend the liberties of Brittany.
Wednesday
September 16
Thursday
September 17
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