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WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
1740 - 1748


 

Cause of the war
Charles VI died and not everybody wanted to accept his choice of succession, which he wrote down for posterity in his Pragmatic Sanction.


Principal Seats of War 1740-1763. Insets: Spain. West Africa. West Indies. Canada. India.
1740-1763 Principal Seats of War


Map of Central Europe 1740
Map of Central Europe 1740


Central Europe 1740
1740 Central Europe (Cambridge)

Europe about 1740. Inset: The Growth of Savoy, 1418-1748.
1740 Europe

Europe in 1740
1740 Europe

 


The first and second Silesian War were part of the War of the Austrian Succession.

Here is the map for the Silesian Wars

Germany, illustrating the Silesian and Seven Years' Wars
1740-1763 Map for the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' Wars

 

KING GEORGE'S WAR 1744-1748
The North American extension of the War of the Austrian Succession is called King George's War, or the Third French and Indian War.

Here is more about the French and Indian Wars.

And here is a map of the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745, which was the highlight of King George's War.

Map of the Siege of Louisbourg - June 1745
1745 Siege of Louisbourg



END OF THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was the concluding treaty for this war.



OUTCOME of the war

Charles's daughter, Maria Theresa, lost some territories.

Maria's husband, formerly Francis Stephen of Lorraine, was made Holy Roman emperor and was henceforward known as Francis I.



BATTLES OF THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

Battle of Mollwitz - April 10, 1741 - Part of the First Silesian War

Map of the Battle of Mollwitz  - April 10, 1741
Map of the Battle of Mollwitz - April 10, 1741


Battle of Dettingen, Bavaria - June 27, 1743 - Victory of the English.

Battle of Fontenoy - May 11, 1745 - Victory of the French.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


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