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Siege of Inverness

Siege of Inverness was a siege conducted on 1 February 1746 at Inverness, in what is now United Kingdom; it lasted 20 days. It was part of Jacobite rising of 1745, which ran from 1745 to 1746. The recorded result: Jacobite/French victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 266.

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Castle of Inverness. J. Clack, lithographed by Schenck, Edinburgh
Castle of Inverness. J. Clack, lithographed by Schenck, Edinburgh. This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID Blaikie.SNPG. Yo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 February 1746lasted 20 days
WhereInverness, United Kingdom57.476N, 4.225W
OutcomeJacobite/French victory
BelligerentsBritish Jacobites; Kingdom of FranceagainstBritish Government
Casualties and lossesLightand266 killed, wounded and captured
Part ofJacobite rising of 17451745 to 1746

Where it sits in Jacobite rising of 1745

Siege of Carlisle, 1745Siege of Carlisle, 1745Highbridge Skirmish, 1745Siege of Ruthven Barracks, 1745Siege of Fort Augustus, 1745Clifton Moor Skirmish, 1745Battle of Inverurie, 1745Siege of Stirling Castle, 1746Siege of Inverness, 1746Siege of Ruthven Barracks, 1746Siege of Fort Augustus, 1746Siege of Blair Castle, 1746Siege of Fort William, 1746Skirmish of Keith, 1746Battle of Dornoch, 1746Skirmish of Tongue, 1746Battle of Littleferry, 1746Skirmish of Loch nan Uamh, 1746Skirmish of Loch Ailort, 1746Skirmish of Arisaig, 174617451746Siege of Inverness, 1746
20 placed engagements of Jacobite rising of 1745 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 February 1746
to 21 February 1746
PlaceInverness, United Kingdom
57.476N, 4.225W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength3,000266
Casualties and lossesLight266 killed, wounded and captured
Commanders
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 10 times between 1429 and 1746.

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Elsewhere in 1746

Siege of Inverness is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510105, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Inverness (1746), revision 1370742002, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.