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Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle of Culloden (1746)

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In 1745, Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, led a Jacobite rebellion and landed in Scotland to try to win back the throne for his family. His forces were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the last large battle fought on British soil.

Memory tip: Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion ends at Culloden in 1746.

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At which 1746 battle was Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite rebellion defeated?

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