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Events on Thursday 1 June 1679 1
1679Battle of DrumclogCovenanters defeat government dragoons in ScotlandOn 1 June 1679, a force of armed Covenanters defeated government troops under John Graham of Claverhouse near Drumclog in Lanarkshire. The victory emboldened the Covenanter uprising against royal religious policy in Scotland. It was followed three weeks later by a decisive government victory at Bothwell Bridge.