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Battle of Prestonpans

The Battle of Prestonpans, 21 September 1745, took place near Prestonpans, in East Lothian. It was the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

Battle of Prestonpans
Battle of Prestonpans · Renata Edge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
21 Sept 1745
Where
Edinburgh
Era
Early Modern

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayKingdom of Great Britain1626 – 1838

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