Siege of Fort William (1746)
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The Siege of Fort William (1746) was a Jacobite attempt during the 1745–46 rising to capture the government-held fortress at Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, ultimately abandoned after an ineffective bombardment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siege of Fort William (1746) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8780341 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Fort William (1746) Context triple: [Old Fort of Fort William, significantEvent, Siege of Fort William (1746)]
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Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The Siege of Louisbourg (1745) was a pivotal New England colonial victory in which British provincial forces captured the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, significantly weakening French power in Atlantic Canada during the mid-18th century.
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Siege of 1756
The Siege of 1756 was the French capture of Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War, a pivotal event that exposed British vulnerabilities in North America.
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Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
The Siege of Louisbourg (1758) was a pivotal British amphibious assault during the French and Indian War that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, opening the route for the conquest of Quebec.
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D.
Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
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Battle of Hudson Bay (1697)
The Battle of Hudson Bay (1697) was a naval engagement during King William’s War in which French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville defeated the English near Fort Nelson in present-day Canada, securing control over key fur-trading territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Fort William (1746) Target entity description: The Siege of Fort William (1746) was a Jacobite attempt during the 1745–46 rising to capture the government-held fortress at Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, ultimately abandoned after an ineffective bombardment.
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A.
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The Siege of Louisbourg (1745) was a pivotal New England colonial victory in which British provincial forces captured the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, significantly weakening French power in Atlantic Canada during the mid-18th century.
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B.
Siege of 1756
The Siege of 1756 was the French capture of Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War, a pivotal event that exposed British vulnerabilities in North America.
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C.
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
The Siege of Louisbourg (1758) was a pivotal British amphibious assault during the French and Indian War that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, opening the route for the conquest of Quebec.
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D.
Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
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E.
Battle of Hudson Bay (1697)
The Battle of Hudson Bay (1697) was a naval engagement during King William’s War in which French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville defeated the English near Fort Nelson in present-day Canada, securing control over key fur-trading territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event of the Jacobite rising of 1745
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military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| conflictIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Culloden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadArtilleryBatteriesLocation | hills around Fort William ⓘ |
| hadBelligerent |
British government
NERFINISHED
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Jacobite forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadNavalSupportForDefenders | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Siege of Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | Jacobite attempt to capture government-held fortress ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1746-04 ⓘ |
| hasFortificationTarget | Fort William garrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Early modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Fort William
NERFINISHED
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryTheater | Scottish Highlands theater of the Jacobite rising ⓘ |
| hasObjective | capture Fort William ⓘ |
| hasOutcomeDescription |
Jacobites abandoned the siege
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bombardment proved ineffective against fortifications ⓘ |
| hasResult |
Jacobite withdrawal
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government victory ⓘ siege lifted ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1746-03 ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1746 ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
failure of Jacobite artillery to breach defenses
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one of the last Jacobite offensive operations before Culloden ⓘ |
| isPartOfCampaign | Highland campaign of 1746 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Jacobite rising of 1745 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Inverness (1746) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAfter | Siege of Fort Augustus (1746) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOnBodyOfWater | Loch Linnhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWarfareType |
artillery bombardment
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siege warfare ⓘ |
| wasAttemptedBy | Jacobites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCommandedByAttacker |
Alexander MacDonald of Keppoch
NERFINISHED
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Charles Edward Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ James Grant of Pluscarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCommandedByDefender | Major William Cockburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDefendedBy |
British government forces
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Independent Highland Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Siege of Fort William (1746) Description of subject: The Siege of Fort William (1746) was a Jacobite attempt during the 1745–46 rising to capture the government-held fortress at Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, ultimately abandoned after an ineffective bombardment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Fort of Fort William