The first is said to have occurred in 1689, when Viscount Dundee defeated a Government army in the Pass of Killiecrankie.
The first is said to have occurred in 1689, when Viscount Dundee defeated a Government army in the Pass of Killiecrankie. Another lasted only four days in 1708 before its figurehead left the Firth of Forth and returned to France. Another more organized effort, led by the Earl of Mar, was known as The Fifteen; and the best-known, which included victories at Prestonpans and Falkirk and a final defeat at Culloden, was fought in 1745. FTP name this series of uprisings, mostly of Scottish origin, which were fought on behalf of the descendants of James II.
The first is said to have occurred in 1689, when Viscount Dundee defeated a Government army in the Pass of Killiecrankie.
Jacobite Rebellions