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Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788)

7 dated entries naming Charles Edward Stuart, drawn from 6 separate years between 1720 CE and 1788 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1720December 31 – Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1788)source
  • 1745August 19 – The Jacobite rising of 1745 begins at Glenfinnan in Scotland, where Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raises his standard in a campaign to enforce his father James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender")'s claim to be King James III of England.source
  • 1745November 8 – Jacobite rising of 1745: Charles Edward Stuart crosses from Scotland into England for the first time. He arrives at Longtown, Cumbria, and spends the night at a nearby village, the Riddings, then leads his army south along the right bank of the River Eden the next day.source
  • 1746January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland.source
  • 1747March 19 – Simon Fraser, the 79-year old Scottish Lord Lovat, is convicted of high treason for being one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1745 against King George II of Great Britain and attempting to place the pretender Charles Edward Stuart on the throne.source
  • 1766January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism.source
  • 1788January 31 – Charles Edward Stuart, claimant to the British throne (b. 1720)source

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