Historical Events
Bonnie Prince Charlie Departs
Jul 7 Bonnie Prince Charlie boards French ship ‘Du Teillay’ at St Nazaire accompanied by the warship Elisabeth bound for Scotland [OS]
- Jul 9 French ships carrying Bonnie Prince Charlie to Scotland, the Du Teillay and the Elizabeth, battle HMS Lion, eventually escaping with 107 killed on both sides [1]
- Jul 23 Charles Edward Stuart, "the Young Pretender" or Bonnie Prince Charlie, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides beginning the final Jacobite Rebellion
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- Jul 13 Robert Calder, Scottish British Royal Navy admiral (Seven Years' War; Napoleonic Wars), dubiously court-martialed after Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805), born in Elgin. Scotland (d. 1818) [Note: some sources cite birthplace as Kent, England; O.S. birthdate July 2]
- Jul 28 Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Baltic German courtier, general and military governor of St Petersburg, born in Palmse, Estonia (d. 1826)
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