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title: "Jacobite Rising of 1745"
year: 1745
country: "United Kingdom"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1745/jacobite-rising-1745"
slug: "jacobite-rising-1745"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1746-04-20"
endDate: "1746-01-01"
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# Jacobite Rising of 1745

> Highland rebellion against Hanoverian rule ended Scottish clan power and accelerated British imperial consolidation.

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Jacobite rising of 1745](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745) - Wikipedia

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