Battle of Culloden

When

27 Apr 1746

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

57.48° N, 4.09° W

Description

final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and part of a religious civil war in Britain

1746 battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745

The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, thereby ending the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Culloden in Scotland, the final pitched battle fought on British soil, brings an end to the Jacobite rising of 1745”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Anhänger der Stuarts werden von den Truppen Georges II. unter William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland in der Schlacht bei Culloden vernichtend geschlagen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “27 avril (16 avril du calendrier julien) : défaite des Jacobites”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Escocia se libra la Batalla de Culloden, la última librada en suelo británico”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “庫洛登戰役，英格蘭王國政府軍擊敗起義的詹姆斯黨。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カロデンの戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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