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Frederick the Great

By s-mtrutner

  • Birth

    Frederick is born in Berlin to Frederick William I and Sophia-Dorothea.

  • Frederick attempts to escape Prussia

    Frederick attempts to escape Prussia
    Frederick and his friend Hans Herman von Katte attempt to flee to England to escape Frederick's terrible home life.

  • Execution

    Katte is executed for aiding in Frederick's attempted escape. Frederick is forced to watch.

  • Frederick begins to study politics

    Frederick is released from prison on a pardon from his father to study in preparation for his future leadership

  • Unofficial divorce

    Frederick distances himself from his wife and for the rest of his life shows no interest in women.

  • Marriage

    Frederick marries Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern

  • Becomes the leader of Prussia

    Becomes the leader of Prussia
    Frederick's father passes away and Frederick ascends to the throne of Prussia

  • First Silesian War

    First Silesian War
    Frederick invades Austria unprovoked which mingles with the War of Austrian Succession to expand the Prussian Empire by conquering land

  • Seven Years War

    Seven Years War
    Prussia and England start the Seven Years War

  • Treaty of Hubertusburg

    Treaty of Hubertusburg
    This treaty ended the Seven Years War and left Prussia a world power

  • First Partition of Poland

    Prussia, Russia, and Austria sign a treaty that takes 1/3 of Poland's land and splits in up among them evenly.

  • Fürstenbund

    Frederick forms the Fürstenbund by allying with the protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Death