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Capture of Perth

Scotland · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1715–1745Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1715

John HaySeptember 1715

Perth · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion

Captures Perth for the Jacobites

John Campbell Argyll, 2ndNovember 1715

Perth · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion

Captures Perth from the Jacobites after the Battle of Sherrifmuir

1745

Charles Edward Stewart4 September 1745

Perth · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion

Captures Perth

Names involved

Charles Edward StewartJohn Campbell Argyll, 2ndJohn Hay

Provenance

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