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The War of the Austrian Succession [f] was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Related conflicts include King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the First Carnatic War, and the First and Second Silesian Wars.
The flag used by Habsburg forces during the Hungarian revolution of 1848 and 1849. War flag of the Habsburg Empire: 1915–1918 Flag of the Generalfeldmarschall (never used) 1880–1894 Rank flag for the Habsburg Field Marshal's: 1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg General 1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Lieutenant Field Marshal 1880–1894
The immediate cause of the War of the Austrian Succession was the death in 1740 of Emperor Charles VI, last in the direct line of male Habsburgs, leaving his eldest daughter, Maria Theresa, as heir to the Habsburg monarchy. [d] Prior to 1713, the Monarchy was subject to Salic law, whereby women were barred
Works about the War of the Austrian Succession (1 C) Pages in category "War of the Austrian Succession" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The succession created a personal union between Hanover and Britain, and brought the Hanoverian Army into a fixed alliance with their British counterparts. Despite inheriting the throne of the larger Britain , George remained fixated on the electorate, and particularly wanted to advance Hanover's claims in the Great Northern War against Sweden.
The siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession.The allied Pragmatic Army's attempt to relieve the siege resulted in the decisive French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May.
Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) Russian Empire Ottoman Empire: Defeat Treaty of Belgrade; 16 December 1740 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession. includes the First Silesian War and the Second Silesian War. Great Britain Hanover Dutch Republic Saxony (1743–45) Kingdom of Sardinia (1742–48) Russia (1741–43) (1748)
The Second Silesian War (German: Zweiter Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1744 to 1745 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland). The war was fought mainly in Silesia, Bohemia, and Upper Saxony and formed one theatre of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.