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| 1740 |
| | | The Habsburg emperor Charles VI dies and is succeeded by his elder daughter, the 23-year-old Maria Theresa | |
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| 1740 |
| | | Frederick II, the king of Prussia, invades the neighbouring Habsburg province of Silesia, launching the War of the Austrian Succession | |
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| 1741 |
| | | Frederick's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia | |
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| 1741 |
| | | French and Bavarian armies join the war against Austria, marching through upper Austria into Bohemia | |
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| 1741 |
| | | Spain, now an ally of France, joins in the war against Austria | |
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| 1741 |
| | | Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria | |
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| 1741 |
| | | French and Bavarian forces enter Prague, one of the most important cities in the Austrian empire | |
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| 1742 |
| | | An Austrian army captures the Bavarian capital city, Munich | |
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| 1746 |
| | | The French commander Maurice de Saxe succeeds in occupying the entire Austrian Netherlands | |
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| 1748 |
| | | The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession, but only postpones the continuation of hostilities (in the Seven Years' War) | |
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