[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Sept. 11

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Coptic New Year (most years).
Coptic Leap Day (years preceding Gregorian leap years).
812 Election of Louis, son of Charlemagne, as Holy Roman Emperor.
813 Coronation, by his own hand, of Louis I "the Pious," as Holy Roman
Emperor.
1227 Plague strikes the 5th Crusade, of Fredrick II, ending it.
1297 STIRLING BRIDGE (Wallace defeats English).
1524 Birth of Pierre de Ronsard, poet.
1552 SIEGE OF EGER opens (Turks defeated by Hungarians).
1589 Barbara Huebmeyer, Appela Huebmeyer and Anna Schnelling burned as
witches.