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The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746 at Culloden, Highland, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Duke of Cumberland, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Woodcut painting by David Morier of the Battle of Culloden first published just six months after the battle, in October 1746. An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 (as shown in the infobox at the top of this page), by David Morier, often known as "The Battle of Culloden", is the best-known portrayal of the battle and the best-known of Morier's ...
Battle of Little Mountain: March 22, 1782 near modern Mount Sterling, Kentucky: American Revolutionary War Western theater 24 Wyandot vs Kentucky militia Siege of Bryan Station: August 15–17, 1782 modern Lexington, Kentucky: American Revolutionary War Western theater 5+ Kentucky settlers vs American Indians & allies Battle of Blue Licks ...
The Battle of Culloden was the last battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745.This rising was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to overthrow George II of the House of Hanover, and replace him with his father, James Francis Edward Stuart of the House of Stuart.
William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan (1690 – 16 April 1746), was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, who died at the Battle of Culloden.. Pardoned for his part in the 1715 Rising, Lord Strathallan raised a troop of cavalry for Prince Charles in 1745 and appointed Jacobite Governor of Perth.
Battle of the Boyne: 1707: Kingdom of Great Britain: Acts of Union 1707 Battle of Culloden Irish Rebellion of 1798: 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Acts of Union 1800 Catholic emancipation Great Famine of Ireland: 1919: Irish Republic: Irish War of Independence Partition of Ireland: 1921/1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain ...
Before 1750, Kentucky was populated nearly exclusively by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and several other tribes of Native Americans [1] See also Pre-Columbian; April 13, 1750 • While leading an expedition for the Loyal Land Company in what is now southeastern Kentucky, Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded American of European descent to discover and use coal in Kentucky; [2]
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