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Battle of Dunkeld

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Battle of Dunkeld
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The Battle of Dunkeld (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Dhùn Chaillinn) was fought between Jacobite clans supporting the deposed king James VII of Scotland and a regiment of covenanters supporting William of Orange, in the streets around Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Scotland, on 21 August 1689 and formed part of the Jacobite rising of 1689, commonly called Dundee's rising in Scotland. The battlefield was added to the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland in 2012.
Jacobite clans supporting James VII of Scotland fought a Covenanter regiment loyal to William of Orange in the Battle of Dunkeld in 1689. The Jacobites were defeated, but the battle marked an early and significant resistance to William's authority in Scotland, highlighting the ongoing conflict between Jacobite and anti-Jacobite forces.

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Date
1689-08-21

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