01/08 – The ’45

Jacobites (in kilts, obviously) engage British troops during the '45 Rebellion. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1745, Jacobites occupied Stirling, England, during the '45 Rebellion (or, the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745). The Jacobites - from the latin Jacobus, or James - were a political movement that aimed to place the House of Stuart back…