The First Jacobite Rising
September 6, 1715
The Earl of Mar raised the standard of James Stuart, the Old Pretender, at Braemar. Thousands of Highlanders flocked in; Lowland towns rose. But Mar dithered, the Pretender arrived late, and the rising collapsed in snow. James returned to exile; his heir would try again thirty years later, with even worse luck.
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Also in 1715 (3 other events on record)
- Death of Louis XIV · Europe · Politics
- Spanish Treasure Fleet Wrecked · North America · Exploration
- Samson the Elephant in Boston · North America · Culture
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.