Date | Event |
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Jan 6 |
Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow |
Jan 8 |
England, Austria, Neth & Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance |
Feb 15 |
Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London |
Feb 18 |
Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland |
Feb 20 |
Jacobite troops occupy Fort Augustus, Scotland |
Mar 9 |
Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston |
Mar 31 |
Jews are expelled from Prague |
Apr 2 |
Austria & Bavaria sign peace |
May 11 |
Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war |
Jun 4 |
Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons |
Jun 16 |
British fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River |
Jun 17 |
American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton Island from French |
Jun 22 |
Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland |
Jul 1 |
Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle [OS] |
Jul 9 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion |
Jul 12 |
Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlie's frigate Doutelle [NS] |
Jul 23 |
Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides |
Jul 25 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides in the last Jacobite Rebellion |
Aug 5 |
Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots |
Aug 16 |
Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots |
Aug 20 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland |
Aug 26 |
Britan, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty |
Aug 31 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland |
Sep 12 |
Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus |
Sep 17 |
Edinburgh occupied by Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart (aka the Young Pretender or Bonny Prince Charlie) |
Sep 21 |
Battle of Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army |
Sep 22 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army returns to Edinburgh |
Oct 14 |
French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland |
Nov 11 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England |
Nov 18 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Carlisle |
Nov 28 |
-29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY |
Nov 29 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle |
Dec 4 |
Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby |
Dec 6 |
Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland |
Dec 10 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches Manchester |
Dec 15 |
Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria |
Dec 17 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army retreats to Scotland |
Dec 20 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches the river Esk |
Dec 25 |
Prussia and Austria sign Treaty of Dresden giving much of Silesia to the Prussians |
Dec 31 |
Bonnie Prince Charlies army meets with de Esk |
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