The Battle of Culloden occurred on April 16, 1746, in the Scottish Highlands near Inverness.
A British government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland decisively defeated a Jacobite army led by Charles Edward Stuart, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Charles Stuart landed in Scotland in July 1745, intending to restore his father, James Francis Edward Stuart, to the British throne. He gained control of large parts of Scotland, and his forces invaded England, reaching as far south as Derby before being forced to retreat.
However, by April 1746, the Jacobites were low on supplies and faced a superior, better-equipped opponent.
Charles Stuart and his senior officers decided their only option was to stand and fight. The battle lasted less than an hour and effectively ended the 1745 rise and Jacobitism’s influence in British politics.
