Falkirk, Battles of

Falkirk, Battles of
Two battles fought at Falkirk, a town 16 km (10 miles) from Stirling in Scotland. The first ( 22 July 1298 ) resulted in victory for Edward I of England over Sir William Wallace , leader of the Scottish resistance to English sovereignty. The second ( 17 January 1746 ) was a victory for the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart over the government forces in the Forty-Five rebellion.