Jacobite rising of 1689

Jacobite rising of 1689
Part of the Nine Years' War and the Glorious Revolution
The Battle of Dunkeld
Date March 1689 – February 1692 Location Scotland Result Government victory
Belligerents
Scotland	Scottish Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Hugh Mackay Thomas Livingstone	Viscount Dundee  † Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Alexander Cannon Thomas Buchan
Strength
5,000 – 10,000 (maximum)	4,000 – 5,000 (maximum)
Casualties and losses
2,000 – 2,500 (estimate)	1,500 – 2,000 (estimate)

The Jacobite rising of 1689 was a conflict fought primarily in the Scottish Highlands, whose objective was to put James VII back on the throne, following his deposition by the November 1688 Glorious Revolution. Named after "Jacobus", the Latin for James, his supporters were known as 'Jacobites' and the associated political movement as Jacobitism. The 1689 rising was the first of a series of rebellions and plots seeking to restore the House of Stuart that continued into the late 18th century.

Part of the wider European conflict known as the Nine Years' War, the Scottish revolt was intended to support the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland. Despite a decisive Jacobite victory at Killiecrankie in July 1689, their charismatic leader John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee was killed in the final attack. His death, combined with limited internal or external support, meant the rising never presented a real threat to the new administration of William II & III and Mary II. Major military action ended at Cromdale in May 1690, although the Highlands were not finally brought under control until 1692, following the Massacre of Glencoe.