Jacobite rising of 1719
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The Jacobite Rising of 1719 was a failed attempt to restore the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. Part of a series of Jacobite risings between 1689 and 1745, it was su
The Battle of Glenshiel 1719, Peter Tillemans
Charles XII of Sweden; his death in November 1718 ended Swedish participation, and the purpose of the Scottish rising
Eilean Donan, modern day
The War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718 to 1720, was a conflict between Spain and a coalition of Austria, Great Britain, France, and Savoy, with the addition of the Dutch Republic in 1719. Military op
Jacobite rising of 1719
…the throne of Great Britain. Part of a series of Jacobite risings between 1689 and 1745, it was supported by Spain, then at war with Britain during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. The main part of the plan called for 5,000 Spanish troops to land in South West England, with a subsidiary landing in Scotland by an expeditionary…
The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718, Richard Paton
Philip V of Spain, whose attempts to regain lost territories in Italy sparked war in 1718