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The Austrian Empire was the main beneficiary from the Congress of Vienna and it established an alliance with Britain, Prussia, and Russia forming the Quadruple Alliance. [8] The Austrian Empire also gained new territories from the Congress of Vienna, and its influence expanded to the north through the German Confederation and also into Italy. [8]
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)
First Italian War of Independence: Austrian Empire: Kingdom of Sardinia. Grand Duchy of Tuscany Papal States Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 1848 1849 Second Anglo-Sikh War British Empire. British East India Company. Sikh Empire: 1848 1849 Hungarian War of Independence: Austrian Empire. Russian Empire. Hungary: 1848 1849 Serb Uprising of 1848–49 ...
The ensuing Third Silesian War (1756–1763, part of the larger Seven Years' War) was indecisive, and its end saw Prussia holding onto Silesia, despite Russia, France, and Austria all combining against him, and with only Hanover as a significant ally on land. The end of the war saw Austria, poorly prepared at its start, exhausted.
Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis created his own Empire of Austria. Ferdinand I the Benevolent 19 April 1793 Vienna Son of Francis I and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily: 2 March 1835 – 2 December 1848 Empire of Austria: Maria Anna of Savoy 12 February 1831 Turin (by procuration) no children 29 June 1875 Prague ...
Austria entered the French Revolutionary Wars with a rough start after France had declared war on Austria. Although Austria was successfully able to defend the German territories, the young Napoleon Bonaparte crushed the Austrians in North Italy. The 2nd Coalition War went no better, with humiliating defeats at Marengo and Hohenlinden taking place.
War of the League of Cambrai: Following the collapse of the Venetian army at the hands of the French, forces of the Holy Roman Empire entered the territory granted to them under the partition. 17 July: War of the League of Cambrai: A revolt in Padua expelled the garrison of the Holy Roman Empire and returned the city to Venetian control. 15 ...
All population, regardless of age and sex, belonged to the army and was subject to austrian military legislation. [36] The Main Command had its headquarters in Zagreb, but remained directly subordinate to the Ministry of War in Vienna. Map of the Military Frontier in the middle of the 19th century (marked with a red outline)