What does 1745 mean in HISTORY

The Jacobite Rising of 1745 was led by Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. He led a rebellion against King George II and his allies with support from France, Spain and Austria. Most of the participants were Scots living in Scotland, though some were Irish and English volunteers. Additionally, several thousand French troops were sent across the English Channel to help in the fight against the British forces.

The primary purpose of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 was to put Charles Edward Stuart on the throne as King Charles III and restore the Stuart dynasty to power. He hoped that restoring a Catholic monarch would also mean restoring Catholicism as a state religion in Great Britain and Ireland instead of Protestantism being dominant.

Despite initial successes in Scotland, such as overwhelming victories at Prestonpans and Falkirk, the Jacobite army eventually had to retreat into Scotland due to lack of resources and reinforcements from continental Europe not arriving on time or arriving too late. This defeat marked an end for Bonnie Prince Charles's campaign for restoration and ultimately doomed his cause.

After their defeat, many of those involved were either killed or captured by British forces while others fled overseas or returned home with false identities in order to avoid being prosecuted for treason—the penalty for participating in a failed rebellion against His Majesty's government at that time. Charles Edward Stuart himself escaped capture and made his way back home where he died without ever returning to England.