Sheriff Muir, 13 November 1715 (Scotland)
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Battle during
first Jacobite Revolt
, between the main Jacobite army led by
John Erskine, earl of Mar
, and a smaller loyalist army under
John Campbell, second earl of Argyll
, fought near Dunblane. Argyll occupied the higher ground, and after indecisive fighting, Mar retreated, ending his active campaigning.
JR, 6 November 2000