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Battle of Arbroath 1445

Battle of Arbroath: Arbroath Abbey
Image: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1445Wikidata P585 point in time
Century15th centuryderived
PeriodWars of the Roses & late medievalderived
CountryScotlandderived
ParticipantsClan Forbes, Clan Gordon, Clan Lindsay, Clan Ogilvy, Clan Oliphant, Clan SetonWikidata

About the battle

The Battle of Arbroath was fought on Sunday, 24 January 1446 at Arbroath in Scotland between rival claimants to the post of Baillie of the Regality. While the Auchinleck Chronicle recorded that in "The yer of God M.CCCC.XLV, the xxiii. day of Jannar 1445 [the year of God, 1445, the 12th day of January], the Eril of Huntlie, and Ogilbeis with him, on the ta part, and the Eril of Craufurd on the tother part, met at the yettis of Arbroth on ane Sonday laite, and faucht", the new year was not designated as 1446 on the calendar in Britain until 25 March 1446. 1 January to 24 March were a continuation of 1445, which had started in Britain on 25 March 1445.

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Location

  • Approximate location: the point for Arbroath, the place Wikidata gives as the battle’s location: 56.5614, -2.5857

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Arbroath (revision 1370432347), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

Battle location from Wikidata (CC0).

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