Battle Of Culloden

picture info	Battle Of Culloden The Battle of Culloden Battle of Culloden (/kəˈlɒdən/;[4] Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart were decisively defeated by loyalist troops commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, near Inverness Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Queen Anne, the last monarch of the House of Stuart, died in 1714, with no living children. Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover, who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, a daughter of James VI and I [...More...]
picture info	Raids On Lochaber And Shiramore Lochaber Lochaber (/lɒxˈɑːbər/) (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar) is a name applied to areas of the Scottish Highlands [...More...]
picture info	House Of Hanover The House of Hanover Hanover (or the Hanoverians /ˌhænəˈvɪəriənz, -noʊ-, -ˈvɛr-/;[1][2] German: Haus Hannover) is a German royal dynasty that ruled the Electorate and then the Kingdom of Hanover, and then also provided monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1800 and ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from its creation in 1801 until the death of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria in 1901. Upon Victoria's death, the British throne passed to her eldest son Edward VII, a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through his father. The House of Hanover Hanover was formally named the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover Hanover line, as it was originally a cadet branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg [...More...]
picture info	Anne, Queen Of Great Britain Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714)[a] was the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Anne was born in the reign of her uncle Charles II, who had no legitimate children. Her father, Charles's younger brother James, was thus heir presumptive to the throne. His suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England, and on Charles's instructions Anne and her elder sister, Mary, were raised as Anglicans. Three years after he succeeded Charles upon the latter's death, James was deposed in the Glorious Revolution Glorious Revolution of 1688 [...More...]
picture info	House Of Stuart The House of Stuart, originally Stewart, was a European royal house that originated in Scotland. The dynasty's patrilineal Breton ancestors had held the office of High Steward of Scotland High Steward of Scotland since the 12th century, after arriving by way of Norman England. The royal Stewart line was founded by Robert II, and they were Kings and Queens of Scots from the late 14th century until the union with England in 1707. Mary, Queen of Scots, was brought up in France, where she adopted the French spelling of the name, Stuart. Her son, James VI of Scotland, inherited the thrones of England and Ireland upon the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Except for the period of the Commonwealth, 1649–1660, the Stuarts were monarchs of the British Isles and its growing empire, until the death of Queen Anne in 1714.[note 3] In total, nine Stewart/Stuart monarchs ruled Scotland alone from 1371 until 1603 [...More...]
picture info	Skirmish Of Tongue Skirmishers are light infantry or cavalry soldiers in the role of skirmishing—stationed to act as a vanguard, flank guard, or rearguard, screening a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They are usually deployed in a skirmish line—an irregular open formation much more spread out in depth and breadth than a traditional line formation. Their purpose is to harass the enemy—engaging them in only light or sporadic combat in order to delay their movement, disrupt their attack, or weaken their morale. Skirmishers' open formations and smaller numbers can give them superior mobility over the regular forces, allowing them to fight on more favorable terms, taking advantage of better position or terrain and quickly withdrawing from any threat of superior enemy forces. Skirmishers can be either regular army units temporarily detached to perform skirmishing, or specialty units specifically armed and trained for such low-level irregular warfare tactics [...More...]
picture info	Battle Of Dornoch Dornoch Dornoch (/ˈdɔːrnɒx/; Scottish Gaelic: Dòrnach pronounced [ˈt̪ɔːrˠn̪ˠəx]; Scots: Dornach) is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh Royal burgh in the county of Sutherland Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth Moray Firth to the east [...More...]
	Act Of Settlement 1701 Settlement may refer to:Consolidation (soil), a process by which soils decrease in volume Human settlement, a community where people livePlantation (settlement or colony), an early method of colonization Urban settlement (other) Rural settlement Urban-type settlement Settlement (structural), the gradual distortions created in a structureContents1 Demography 2 Finance 3 Law 4 See alsoDemography[edit]Early human migration [...More...]
picture info	Second Cousin Commonly, "cousin" refers to a "first cousin" or equivalently "full cousin", people whose most recent common ancestor is a grandparent.[1] A first cousin used to be known as a cousin-german, though this term is rarely used today.[2] More generally, cousin is a type of familial relationship in which people with a known common ancestor are both two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor [...More...]
picture info	George I Of Great Britain George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)[a] was King of Great Britain King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire from 1698 until his death. George was born in Hanover Hanover and inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. A succession of European wars expanded his German domains during his lifetime, and in 1708 he was ratified as prince-elector of Hanover. At the age of 54, after the death of his second cousin Anne, Queen of Great Britain, George ascended the British throne British throne as the first monarch of the House of Hanover [...More...]
picture info	Battle Of Inverurie (1745) Inverurie Inverurie /ɪn.vəˈrʊəri/ (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh[1] or Inbhir Uaraidh,[2] "mouth of the River Ury") is a Royal Burgh Royal Burgh and town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about 16 miles (26 km) north west of Aberdeen Aberdeen on the A96 road and is served by Inverurie railway station Inverurie railway station on the Aberdeen Aberdeen to Inverness Line [...More...]
	Siege Of Carlisle (December 1745) Carlisle Carlisle may refer to: Places[edit] United Kingdom[edit]Carlisle, Cumbria, a city and the county town of Cumbria, England, United KingdomThe City of Carlisle, a local government entity, including Carlisle, surrounding areas, and other towns The County Borough of Carlisle, a former city and local government district located within the county of Cumberland, England Carlisle [...More...]
	Siege Of Carlisle (November 1745) Carlisle Carlisle may refer to: Places[edit] United Kingdom[edit]Carlisle, Cumbria, a city and the county town of Cumbria, England, United KingdomThe City of Carlisle, a local government entity, including Carlisle, surrounding areas, and other towns The County Borough of Carlisle, a former city and local government district located within the county of Cumberland, England Carlisle [...More...]
picture info	Siege Of Fort Augustus (December 1745) Augustus Augustus (Latin: Imperator Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus;[nb 1] 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who served as the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.[nb 2] His status as the founder of the Roman Principate Principate has consolidated an enduring legacy as one of the most effective and controversial leaders in human history.[1][2] He was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian gens Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavius was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir [...More...]
picture info	Siege Of Ruthven Barracks (1745) A barrack or barracks is a building or group of buildings built to house soldiers. The English word comes via French from an old Catalan word "barraca" (hut), originally referring to temporary shelters or huts[1][2] for various people and animals, but today barracks are usually permanent buildings for military accommodation [...More...]
	Pitched Battle A pitched battle or set piece battle is a battle in which both sides choose the fighting location and time. Either side has the option to disengage before the battle starts or shortly thereafter.[1][2] A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side is forced to fight at a time not of their choosing such as happens in a siege [...More...]