Glencoe, Massacre of

Early in the morning of February 13, 1692, in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite uprising of 1689 led by John Graham of Claverhouse, a massacre takes place in Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland.

This incident is referred to as the Massacre of Glencoe, or in Scottish Gaelic Mort Ghlinne Comhann (murder of Glen Coe).

The massacre begins simultaneously in three settlements along the glen—Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon—although the killing takes place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds are pursued.

Thirty-eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe are killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality, on the grounds that the MacDonalds had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary.

Another forty women and children die of exposure after their homes are burned.

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