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Pragmatic Sanction
Before Holy Roman Emporer Charles VI died, he got other European rules to accept a document called the Pragmatic Sanction. This allowed his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit his lands. -
Reign of Frederic the Great of Prussia Begins
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War of Austrian Sucession
After Maria Theresa inherited her father's land, Frederic II and the Prussian army took Silesia. This started a war in which the monarchs of Europe questioned Maria Theresa's rule. Bavaria, Spain, France, and Prussia were allied against Austria, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Russia.
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Diplomatic Revolution
After the War of Austrian Succession, alliances in Eurpoe were upset, and the major powers re-alligned themselves. Many with former enemies. France allied with Austria and Russia. Great Britain allied with Prussia. -
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Seven Years' War
After the alliance shift durring the Diplomatic Revolution occured, another war broke out. The Seven Years' War lasted for, well, seven years, and involved all of Europe. It had no clear winner, but the treaty signed at the end allowed Prussia to keep the land it had taken from Austria, Silesia. -
Coronation of Catherine the Great of Russia
Reigned untl November 17, 1796.
