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Robert Emmett was an Irish Republican and patriot, orator and rebel leader.
He is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla urged Mexicans to rise up against the Spanish-born ruling class.
ON THIS DAY: 15TH SEPTEMBER 1928
A mistake, in retrospect.
The men have continued to be honored and revered as heroes in Mexico.
The British authorities called it a ‘dangerous assembly, because of this the first Dáil had to meet in secret at different locations.
Slaughter
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish rebel William Wallace and others defeated the English at Stirling Bridge.
Millions either died or emigrated as a result of the catastrophic failures of the authorities
“Quinctilius Varus, where are my eagles?!!” is what Brian Blessed’s Emperor Augustus exclaims, in the BBC Classic “I Claudius”, upon hearing of the battle of the Teutoburg forest, which took place on this day, September 9th, 9AD. The battle was the most catastrophic defeat the Roman Empire would suffer for several centuries. Three Legions, and […]
Take that, Goliath.
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