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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 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.
As a minor compensation, the Austrian Empire annexed the Electorate of Salzburg, which had been under Habsburg rule since 1803. The elector, the Austrian Emperor's brother, was compensated with the Duchy of Würzburg, created from territories of the former prince-bishopric. The Primate's Palace, where the Peace of Pressburg was signed
Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire. [5] 1809 - Salzburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. [5] 1816 - Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire again per Treaty of Munich (1816). [5] 1818 - Fire. [3] 1842 - Mozart monument installed in the Mozartplatz (Salzburg) . [5] 1849 - Salzburg becomes seat of the Duchy of Salzburg. [5]
The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states. In the late Iron Age Austria was occupied by people of the Hallstatt Celtic culture ( c. 800 BC), they first organized as a Celtic kingdom referred to by the Romans as Noricum , dating from c. 800 to 400 BC.
This Salzburg: Being an incomplete introduction to the beauty and charm of a town we love was published in Austria and in England. 1937 – London: Peter Davies, xvi + 181 pp. (first edition). 1938 – New York: The Greystone Press, xvi + 181 pp. [ 1 ] The first American edition was bound in fabric taken from a traditional Dirndl .
The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6. Gill, John H. (1992). With Eagles to Glory : Napoleon and his German allies in the 1809 campaign. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-130-4. Gill, John H. (2008b). 1809: Thunder on the Danube; Volume II: The Fall of Vienna and the Battle of Aspern. London ...
The Salzburger Emigrants were a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (now in present-day Austria) that immigrated to the Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution. This group was expelled from their homeland by Count Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Prince-Archbishop of