Battle of Killiecrankie

When

27 Jul 1689

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

56.75° N, 3.79° W

Description

1689 battle of the First Jacobite Rising

1689 battle of the Jacobite rising of 1689

The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought on 27 July 1689 during the Jacobite rising of 1689. A Jacobite force led by Ewan Cameron of Lochiel and Viscount Dundee defeated a Scottish government army commanded by Lieutenant-general Hugh Mackay. James VII went into exile in December 1688 after being deposed by the Glorious Revolution in Scotland.

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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 “First Jacobite rising: Battle of Killiecrankie near Pitlochry in Perthshire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Killiecrankie besiegen schottische Jakobiten mit „Bonnie Dundee“ an der Spitze Regierungstruppen des neuen Königs Wilhelm III. unter…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Écosse, le vicomte de Dundee prend les armes à la tête des Jacobites”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Jacobite risings1688 · Rebellion