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1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit recently erected by its veterans.
In 1603, England and Scotland were joined in a "personal union" when King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England as King James I. War between the two states largely ceased, although the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the 17th century, and the Jacobite risings of the 18th century, are sometimes characterised as Anglo-Scottish ...
Kingdom of England. Civil War, Victory of James VI Imprisonment of Mary before her flight to England; Bishops' Wars (1639–1640) Location: Scottish Lowlands Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, prompting a religious civil war and rebellion in Scotland: Scottish Royalists. Kingdom of England. Scottish Covenanters
Royal navy won a battle; a small-scale Jacobite invasion was defeated; Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails. Dummer's War (1721–1725) New England Colonies Mohawk: Wabanaki Confederacy: British victory. Britain recognises the rights of the region's indigenous inhabitants. The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748)
Civil War, Royalist victory. in England, Scotland and Ireland Williamite War in Ireland (1688–91) - The Battle of the Boyne saw the last battle between two rival claimants for the throne; Jacobite rising of 1689 (1689-92) Jacobite rising of 1715 (1715–16) Jacobite rising of 1719 (1719)
Henry V's victory at Agincourt, against a numerically superior French army, crippled France and started a new period in the war during which Henry V married the French princess Catherine of Valois, and their son, the future Henry VI, was made heir to the throne of France as well as of England. The battle saw the death of between 6,000 and 9,000 ...
This is a chronological list of the battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland, as well as battles involving Scotland in support of France as part of the "Auld Alliance" . The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Bombing of Bahrain in World War II; Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Bologna; Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; Battle of Belgium order of battle; Bernhardt Line; Battle of Bir Hakeim; Black Friday (1945) Battle for Brest; Battle of Bréville; Battle of Bukit Timah