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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.
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)
War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748), a pre-existing Anglo-Spanish conflict in the Americas subsumed into the War of the Austrian Succession; King George's War (1746–1748), North American theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession; Hawaiian war of succession (1782), after the death of king Kalaniʻōpuʻu of Hawaii
The War of the Austrian Succession 1740–1748. Routledge. ISBN 978-0582059504. Armour, Ian (2012). A History of Eastern Europe 1740–1918. Bloomsbury Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-849-66488-2. "Battle of Dettingen". British Battles; Black, Jeremy (1999). From Louis XIV to Napoleon: The Fate of a Great Power. Routledge.
The Battle of Bassignana (Bassignano) was fought in the Italian campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession on 27 September 1745. It resulted in a victory for the combined armies of the Bourbon kingdoms of France and Spain and the Genoese Republic over Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen. The two main antagonists in the war, Britain and France, opened peace talks in the Dutch city of Breda in 1746.
In 1741, the war intensified, with Prussian forces successfully occupying Silesia and defeating the Austrian army in battles like the Battle of Mollwitz (April 10, 1741). This conflict was a part of the larger War of the Austrian Succession and marked the beginning of a series of Silesian Wars between Austria and Prussia.