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  2. Jacobite rising of 1715 - Wikipedia

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    The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts. At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, local landowner the Earl of Mar raised

  3. Battle of Preston (1715) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715) was the final action of the Jacobite rising of 1715, an attempt to put James Francis Edward Stuart on the British throne in place of George I. After two days of street-fighting, the Jacobite commander Thomas Forster surrendered to government troops under General Charles Wills. It was arguably the ...

  4. Siege of Inverness (1715) - Wikipedia

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    Upon the outbreak of the Jacobite rising of 1715, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat returned to Scotland and despite being a staunch Jacobite offered his services to John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll who was in overall command of British forces in Scotland in order to restore himself in Scotland. [2]

  5. Battle of Sheriffmuir - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Sheriffmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, [pl̪ˠaɾ ˈʃʎiəv əɲ ˈtʲʰirˠəm]) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical ...

  6. Henry Oxburgh - Wikipedia

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    Henry Oxburgh (died 1716) was an Irish soldier and Jacobite who was one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1715 in England. Captured by forces loyal to the Hanoverian Dynasty following the Battle of Preston , he was executed at Tyburn for high treason .

  7. Category:Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1715 - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1715" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... (1715) D. Skirmish of Dunfermline; I.

  8. Manchester Regiment (Jacobite) - Wikipedia

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    Jacobites; A New History of the 45 Rebellion. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1408819128. Robb, Steven (2023). James Nicolson, a Leith Jacobite Martyr. Book of the Old Edinburgh Club Vol 19. ISBN 978-0-9933987-8-0. Sankey, Margaret (2005). Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion: Preventing and Punishing Insurrection in Early Hanoverian Britain. Routledge.

  9. Timeline of Laredo, Texas - Wikipedia

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    1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War. [5] 1847 - U.S. forces occupy town. [5] 1848 Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at end of Mexican–American War. Webb County, Texas created. [6] 1849 - U.S. military Camp Crawford established. [2] 1852 - Laredo "chartered as a Texas city ...