battle, early modern

Battle of Glenlivet

Name: Battle of Glenlivet
Start: 1594-10-03
Location: United Kingdom

Battle of Glenlivet was a battle fought on 3 October 1594 in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Catholic victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 against 2,000.

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Fought3 October 1594

WhereUnited Kingdom57.349N, 3.251W

OutcomeCatholic victory

BelligerentsProtestants: Clan Campbell; Clan Murray; Clan Stewart; Clan Forbes; Clan Maclean; Clan Grant; Clan MacNeil; Chattan Confederation/Clan Mackintosh/Clan MacgillivrayagainstCatholics: Clan Gordon; Clan Hay; Clan Comyn; Clan Cameron; Chattan Confederation/Clan Macpherson

Casualties and losses500and14

Battlefield todayBattle of Glenlivet battlefieldHistoric Environment Scotland entry BTL33, 698 ha

Record

Date	3 October 1594
Place	United Kingdom 57.349N, 3.251W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	10,000	2,000
Casualties and losses	500	14
Commanders	Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll	George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic Environment Scotland). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Cromdale 1690, 14 km W
Battle of Slioch 1307, 32 km E
Battle of Alford 1645, 34 km E
Battle of Tullich 1652, 34 km S
Battle of Culblean 1335, 35 km SE

Elsewhere in 1594

Historic Environment Scotland registers this as the Battle of Glenlivet battlefield (entry BTL33), 698 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Glenlivet is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871110, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Glenlivet, revision 1380696163, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic Environment Scotland (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.