Historical Fun Facts for October 17th
Fun History Facts for October 17th On This Day In History in 1346, King David II of Scotland is captured by the English during the Battle of Neville's Cross. Neville wasn't just cross, he was utterly fuming when he found out. It royally peeved King David as well. Even more so when the English dogs imprisoned him in the Tower of London for the next eleven years. King David-The-Second-Haggis-Almost-Killed-Me was the oldest son of the infamous Robert the Bruce. He was also the only one of Robert's children to survive. And Robert had eleven of them. Although only three were actually legitimate. Fun Fact: Robert The Bruce had the stamina of a Scot who ate nothing but haggis and deep fried mars bars. King David-The-Second-Wife-Will-Be-The-One became King of Scotland on the 7th of June, 1329, at the age of five-years-old, upon the death of his father, Robert-Not-The-First-To-Hate-The-English. ...