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The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The last in a series of Jacobite risings that began in March 1689, it proved to be the end of Jacobitism as a major factor in British politics.
The uprising was formally launched by Charles Edward Stuart on 19 August 1745 at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands, with the rebels capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September. In early November, the largely Scottish Jacobite army invaded England, expecting to be joined by English Jacobites and French troops landing in Southern England. This support failed to materialise, and on reaching Derby on 4 December, their leaders voted in favour of retreat.
This decision was supported by the vast majority, but caused an irretrievable split between Charles and his Scots supporters. Despite winning a narrow victory at Falkirk Muir in January 1746, defeat at Culloden in April ended the rebellion. Charles escaped to France, but was unable to win support for another attempt, and died in Rome in 1788.
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