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The 1689 rising was the first of a series of rebellions and plots seeking to restore the House of Stuart that continued into the late 18th century. Part of the wider European conflict known as the Nine Years' War, the Scottish revolt was intended to support the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland.
Jacobitism [c] was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the Catholic House of Stuart to the British throne.When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled he had "abandoned" the English throne, which was given to his Protestant daughter Mary II of England, and her husband William III. [1]
27 August – a Williamite force sailing from England takes the Jacobite port of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. 16 December – the Bill of Rights ( An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown ), drawn up by the Convention Parliament, receives royal assent ; it will remain substantially in ...
From 1689 to the middle of the eighteenth century, restoration of the Jacobite succession to the throne was a major political issue in Britain, with adherents both at home and abroad. However, with Charles Edward's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Jacobite succession lost both its support and its political importance.
William's victory at the Battle of Boyne in July 1690 was less decisive than appeared at the time, Jacobite losses being around 2,000 out of a force of 25,000. [2] That assumption formed the basis of the Declaration of Finglas, largely dictated by Irish Protestants; it offered the Jacobite rank and file amnesty, but by excluding senior officers, threatened another round of land confiscations.
16 May – Battle of Loup Hill on Kintyre between Jacobite forces commanded by Donald MacNeill of Gallchoille and government forces commanded by Captain William Young; c. 5 June – Lords of the Articles abolished; 22 July – the Parliament of Scotland votes to abolish episcopacy
The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland.The siege was preceded by an attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates.
Thomas Buchan (c.1641–1724) was a Scottish professional soldier from a Catholic family in Aberdeenshire who served in the armies of France, the Netherlands and Scotland. . He remained loyal to James II after the 1688 Glorious Revolution and participated in the War in Ireland before taking command of Jacobite forces in Scotland in February 16