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  2. Jacobite rising of 1689 - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Jacobitism - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. 1689 in England - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Glorious Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The 1689–1691 Jacobite Rising forced William to make concessions to the Presbyterians, ended Episcopacy in Scotland and excluded a significant portion of the political class. Many later returned to the Kirk but Non-Juring Episcopalianism was the key determinant of Jacobite support in 1715 and 1745 .

  6. Jacobite succession - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Treaty of Limerick - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. 1689 in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    18 March – King's Own Scottish Borderers is raised to defend Edinburgh against Jacobite forces 4 April – Convention of Estates votes to remove James VII from office for forfeiture; going on to adopt the Claim of Right Act 1689

  9. Siege of Derry - Wikipedia

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    [a] On 7 May 1689, Williamite England declared war on France, quite belatedly, as French officers and experts had already been fighting William's troops at Derry before that time. This siege is part of the Williamite War in Ireland , which in turn is a side-show of the Nine Years' War .