Jacobite landing on Eriskay

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The Jacobite landing on Eriskay was the arrival of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) in the Outer Hebrides in July 1745, marking the beginning of the Jacobite rising of 1745 in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military campaign opening action
chronology Jacobite rising of 1745
conflict Jacobite rising of 1745
country Kingdom of Great Britain
describedBySource Jacobite chronicles
Scottish historical tradition
followedBy raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan
hasAlternativeName Jacobite landing on Eriskay
surface form: Landing of Bonnie Prince Charlie on Eriskay

Prince Charles’s landing on Eriskay
hasCategory Events in Scottish history
Events of the Jacobite risings
hasCause Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
surface form: Jacobite claim to the British throne

Stuart attempt to restore the House of Stuart
hasEffect beginning of the Jacobite rising of 1745 in Britain
hasHistoricalPeriod Jacobite risings
surface form: Jacobite era
hasImpact escalation of dynastic conflict between Stuarts and Hanoverians
triggering of military operations in the 1745 rising
hasLanguage English
Scottish Gaelic
hasLocation Eriskay
Outer Hebrides
hasMotivation claim of Charles Edward Stuart to the British throne
hasOutcome mobilisation of Highland Jacobite clans
hasPart arrival of Charles Edward Stuart in the Outer Hebrides
hasSignificance key moment in Scottish Jacobite memory
symbolic start of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s campaign in Scotland
hasStartTime July 1745
hasSubject restoration of the Stuart monarchy
locatedInTime War of the Austrian Succession
surface form: War of the Austrian Succession era
mainParticipant Bonnie Prince Charlie
surface form: Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite supporters in the Highlands
namedAfter island of Eriskay
opposedBy Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: Hanoverian government of Great Britain

supporters of the House of Hanover
partOf Jacobite rising of 1745
precededBy planning of the 1745 Jacobite expedition in France
significantPerson Bonnie Prince Charlie
surface form: Charles Edward Stuart

Clan MacDonald of Clanranald
surface form: Clan Ranald leaders
temporalLocation 18th century

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Jacobite rising of 1745 notableEvent Jacobite landing on Eriskay
Jacobite landing on Eriskay hasAlternativeName Jacobite landing on Eriskay
this entity surface form: Landing of Bonnie Prince Charlie on Eriskay