11 September 1649 A.D. Oliver Cromwell’s Bloody Slaughter at Drogheda
11 September 1649 A.D. Oliver Cromwell’s Bloody Slaughter at Drogheda Graves, Dan. “Massacre of Drogheda under Oliver Cromwell.” Christianity.com. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/massacre-of-drogheda-under-oliver-cromwell-11630121.html . Accessed 21 May 2014. After the massacre, Oliver Cromwell declared to the English Parliament, "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbued their hands in so much innocent blood and that it will tend to prevent the effusion [shedding] of blood for the future, which are satisfactory grounds for such actions, which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret." Just what happened at Drogheda, Ireland on this day, September 11, 1649 is hard to pin down with certainty. Two groups stood to gain by issuing propaganda against Cromwell. The Irish hoped to inflame patriotic fervor by magnifying the event and certain Englishmen hope...