This Day In European History

11th September

Events
1297: The Battle of Stirling Bridge. William Wallace defeats an English army.
1649: The city of Drogheda falls to Cromwell; 1500 people are massacred when they don't surrender.
1709: The Battle of Malplaquet; The Duke of Marlborough's mixed Anglo-Dutch-Austrian force defeats France.
1860: Forces from Sardinia-Piedmont invade the Papal States as part of an attempt to unite Italy.
1978: A Bulgarian defector, Georgi Markov, is assassinated with a poisoned umbrella.

Births
1522: Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian physician.
1611: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, French commander.
1700: James Thomson, Scottish poet.
1741: Arthur Young, English writer noted for his agricultural commentary.
1877: James Jeans, English physicist.
1885: D. H. Lawrence, English author.

Deaths
1599: Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman, famously executed for the murder of her abusive father because of the Pope.
1677: James Harrington, English philosopher.
1733: Francois Couperin, French composer.

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