Timeline of Events

• Friday 5th November 1688 – William of Orange invades England.


• 1715 – Jacobite rising of James Francis Stuart. The rising fails


• Saturday 21st Dec 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart or "Bonnie Prince Charlie" is born in Rome, Italy.


• Friday 23rd July 1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie arrives on the Scottish island of Eriskay.


• Thursday 19th August 1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie raises the Jacobite flag at Glenfinnan.


• Friday 20th September 1745 – The Battle of Prestonpans. The Jacobites win!


• Monday 8th November 1745 – Jacobites cross the border into England.


• Monday 15th November 1745 – Jacobite army captures the town of Carlisle.


• Tuesday 23rd November 1745 – The Duke of Cumberland is made leader of the British armies and sent to defeat the Jacobites.


• Saturday 4th Dec 1745 – The Jacobite army reaches the town of Derby in England.


• Sunday 5th Dec 1745 – the Jacobite chiefs decide to go back to Scotland rather than attack London. Bonnie Prince Charlie is furious! He wants to attack London!


• Tuesday 21st Dec 1745 Jacobites cross the border back into Scotland. Bonnie Prince Charlie is 25 years old today!


• Monday 17th January 1746 – The Battle of Falkirk. The Jacobites beat the British army force!


• Wednesday 16th February 1746 – The Route of Moy. The British government try to capture Bonnie Prince Charlie in a surprise attack at Moy. It fails.


• Wednesday 2nd March 1746 – Bonnie Prince Charlie sets up his base at Inverness.


• Friday 15th April 1746 – The night march to Nairn. The Jacobites try a surprise attack on the Duke of Cumberland and his men. It fails. It is also the Duke's 25 th birthday!


• Saturday 16th April 1746 – The Battle of Culloden! The Jacobites lose and Bonnie Prince Charlie runs away!


• Thursday 16th June 1746 – Bonnie Prince Charlie meets Flora MacDonald on the Isle of Skye. She helps him to escape by dressing him as a woman!


• Monday 19th September 1746 – After months of hiding, Bonnie Prince Charlie escapes by boat to France. He leaves his Jacobite friends and soldiers behind!


• Monday 21st January 1788 – Bonnie Prince Charlie dies in Rome. He dies in the same room he was born in! He was 68 years old.