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  2. Jacobite rising of 1745 - Wikipedia

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    The Jacobite rising of 1745 [a] was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart.It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.

  3. Battle of Culloden - Wikipedia

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    The Jacobite rising of 1745 began on 23 July when Charles Edward Stuart landed in the Western Isles, and launched an attempt to reclaim the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. [5] After their victory at Prestonpans in September, the Jacobites controlled much of Scotland, and Charles persuaded his colleagues to invade England.

  4. Siege of Carlisle (November 1745) - Wikipedia

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    The First Siege of Carlisle was an important event of the 1745–1746 Jacobite rising. Jacobite forces loyal to Prince Charles Edward Stuart captured the city of Carlisle and Carlisle Castle on 14–15 November 1745.

  5. Thomas Collingwood (Jacobite) - Wikipedia

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    Unlike its counterpart in 1715, the 1745 Jacobite rising was not actively supported by many Northumbrians. Most of those with Jacobite sympathies were fearfully aware of the penalties exacted upon those who had been found guilty of treason thirty years earlier, and so played safe by pleading loyalty to the crown or moving out of the area. [1]

  6. Siege of Carlisle (December 1745) - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Carlisle (December 1745) took place from 21 to 30 December during the Jacobite rising of 1745, when a Jacobite garrison surrendered to government forces led by the Duke of Cumberland. The town had been captured by the Jacobite army that invaded England in November 1745 and reached as far south as Derby, before turning back on 6 ...

  7. Category:Jacobite rising of 1745 - Wikipedia

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    Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745 (26 P) F. Jacobite rising of 1745 films (1 C, 5 P) P. People of the Jacobite rising of 1745 (2 C, 26 P)

  8. Battle of Prestonpans - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobite forces, led by the Stuart exile Charles Edward Stuart and George Murray, defeated a government army under Sir John Cope, whose ...

  9. Jacobite Army (1745) - Wikipedia

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    The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the Highland Army, [1] was the military force assembled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne.