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Battle of Killiecrankie
1689
27 July 1689
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First Jacobite Rebellion

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Scottish Catholic supporters of James II resisting the accession of William III attempted a Highland rising under John Graham Viscount Dundee. A Royalist army under General Hugh Mackay was ambushed and virtually destroyed at Killiecrankie, near Pitlochry. However, <i>"Bonny Dundee"</i> was killed in the battle and the rebellion petered out after defeat in August at Dunkeld.


   
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