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The Jacobite rising of 1689 was a conflict fought primarily in the Scottish Highlands, whose objective was to put James VII back on the throne, following his deposition by the November 1688 Glorious Revolution. Named after "Jacobus", the Latin for James, his supporters were known as 'Jacobites' and the associated political movement as Jacobitism.
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. This was an act of rebellion against James II. The second attempt began on 18 April 1689 when James himself appeared before the walls with an Irish army led by Jacobite and French officers. The town was ...
In 1714, he was briefly arrested under suspicion of Jacobite sympathies, but he was released in the autumn of 1714 after the friendly intercession of the Duke of Montrose. [ 2 ] The following year, on the breaking out of the Jacobite rising of 1715 , Macdonald was summoned by the Lord Advocate to appear at Edinburgh to swear allegiance to the ...
The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689–1746. Scottish Cultural Press. ISBN 189821820X. Mackay, John (2017) [1836]. Life of Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay of Scoury: Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland, 1689 and 1690. Forgotten Books. ISBN 1333263538. Macpherson, James (1775). Original Papers: Containing the Secret History of Great Britain ...
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. B. Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1689 (1 C) P. ... Pages in category "Jacobite rising of 1689"
The Battle of Dunkeld (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Dhùn Chaillinn) was fought between Jacobite clans supporting the deposed king James VII of Scotland and a regiment of covenanters supporting William of Orange, King of Scotland, in the streets around Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Scotland, on 21 August 1689 and formed part of the Jacobite rising of 1689, commonly called Dundee's rising in Scotland.
Jacobite rising of 1689 (3 C, 10 P) Jacobite rising of 1715 (2 C, 4 P) Jacobite rising of 1719 (1 C, 5 P) Jacobite rising of 1745 (3 C, 35 P) B.
In early May, Jacobite sympathisers took control of northern Kintyre, and when government troops arrived to retake the peninsula, they ran into an ambush on the slopes of Loup Hill. Despite the advantage of height and surprise, the Jacobites fought ineffectively and quickly retreated; a few days later, they abandoned Kintyre.