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 comma
1873 illustration of the battle
Viscount Dundee, Jacobite commander killed at Killiecrankie
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel
Government commander Hugh Mackay
The Jacobite rising of 1689 took place from March 1689 to February 1692 in Scotland. Its purpose was to restore James VII to the throne, following his deposition by the November 1688 Glorious Revoluti
Battle of Killiecrankie
…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…
George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville, government leader in Parliament