On this day

Notable – and not so notable – events that happened on this day in Jacobite military history

12 March

12 March 1689: The deposed James VII and II landed at Kinsale in Ireland from France, marking the beginning of the Williamite War which...

11 March

11 March 1708: With a French fleet carrying James Francis Edward Stuart sailing for Scotland, Queen Anne vetoed the Scottish Militia Bill. Anne withheld...

8 March

8 March 1702: The death at Kensington Palace of William III and II. William died of pneumonia, which arose as a complication from a...

6 March

6 March 1708: Comte de Forbin's French invasion fleet sailed out from Dunkirk, slipping past the Royal Navy's blockade and making its way to...

28 February

28 February 1692: Colonel John Hill, governor of Fort William, reported to the Earl of Portland that the men of Glencoe who had escaped...

27 February

27 February 1708: James Francis Edward Stuart arrived at Dunkirk ready to embark with the invasion fleet but took ill with the measles. That...

26 February

26 February 1715: After receiving intelligence about the Jacobite threat, John Campbell, Duke of Argyll and commander-in-chief in Scotland, held a meeting with the...

25 February

25 February 1715: At Edinburgh Castle John Campbell, Duke of Argyll and commander-in-chief in Scotland received information that a ship laden with arms and...

24 February

24 February 1719: A Spanish expedition under George Keith, Earl Marischal departed from the port of Pasaia and sailed for Scotland. Marischal’s expedition would...

23 February

23 February 1719: The main Spanish invasion force under James Butler, Duke of Ormonde which aimed to land in England and put James Francis...

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