the Fifteen

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The Fifteen was a major early 18th-century Jacobite rebellion in Britain that sought to restore the exiled Stuart dynasty to the throne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jacobite rising
armed conflict
rebellion
alsoKnownAs Jacobite rising of 1715
Jacobite rising of 1715
surface form: the 1715 rising

Jacobite rising of 1715
surface form: the First Jacobite Rebellion
hasBelligerent British Armed Forces
surface form: British government forces

Jacobite risings
surface form: Jacobites

supporters of James Francis Edward Stuart
supporters of King George I
hasCause attempt to restore the exiled Stuart dynasty
opposition to the Hanoverian succession
support for James Francis Edward Stuart
hasConsequence execution and attainder of leading Jacobites
forfeiture of Jacobite estates
increased government control in the Scottish Highlands
strengthening of the Hanoverian regime
hasDateOfEvent 1715-09-06
1715-11-12
1715-11-13
hasEndDate 1716-02-10
hasEndYear 1716
hasHistoricalPeriod early 18th century
hasKeyEvent Battle of Preston (1715)
Battle of Sheriffmuir
landing of James Francis Edward Stuart in Scotland
raising of the Jacobite standard at Braemar
retreat of Jacobite forces from Perth
hasLeader James Francis Edward Stuart
James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
Thomas Forster
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure
hasLocation Inverness-shire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain
Lancashire
Northumberland
Perthshire NERFINISHED
Scotland
Northern England
surface form: northern England
hasObjective restoration of James Francis Edward Stuart to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland
hasOpposingCommander British Army officers loyal to the Hanoverian government
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
George I of Great Britain
surface form: King George I of Great Britain
hasOutcome Hanoverian government victory
failure of the Jacobite attempt to restore the Stuarts
hasParticipant English Catholic gentry
Scottish Highland clans
Jacobite risings
surface form: Scottish Lowland Jacobites

Tory sympathisers
hasPlaceOfEvent Braemar
Preston
surface form: Preston, Lancashire

Sheriffmuir
hasPoliticalContext accession of the Hanoverian dynasty in 1714
reign of King George I
hasPrimaryTheater Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Scottish Highlands
hasRelatedDynasty House of Hanover
House of Stuart
hasReligiousContext tensions between Protestant establishment and Catholic Stuart supporters
hasStartDate 1715-08-06
hasStartYear 1715
partOf Jacobite risings
precedes Jacobite rising of 1745
The Forty-Five Guardsmen
surface form: the Forty-Five

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