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Maria Theresa is born
Maria Theresa was born on May 13, 1717. She was born in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine. Her father Charles VI had a spot in the Habsburg family.
(Trease 125)
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William Stukeley
William Stukeley published "An Account of the Almost Entire Sceleton of a Large Animal in a Very Hard Stone." This book proved that the fossil was a plesiosaur but identified as a crocodile. William Stukeley was an Anglican clergyman and an English antiquarian. This event is significant because it showed the people that the plesiosaur we have all been looking at was a actually a crocodile. (Strange Science) -
Linnaeus publishes Systema Naturae
Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist. The book introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. (Systema Naturae)
This is significant because it introduced the three kingdoms of nature according to classes, species, genres, characters, orders, and synonyms. -
Maria Theresa gets married
Maria Theresa married Francis Stephen. Francis I was the Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Francis I and Maria Theresa had sixteen children together. (Trease 145) This event is significant because their children became important people.For example Marie Antoinette became Queen of Austria. And Jospeh II became Emperor. -
Natives and French find fossils along the Ohio River
The natives and French find Mastodon fossils along the Ohio River. it was an expedition of 442 men and from Quebec traveling towards the Mississippi River. (Fossil Legends of the First Americans)
This event is significant because it made scientific history. The bones were the first fossils to ever be studied by scientists. -
Charles VI dies
Maria Theresa's father Charles VI died. He lived until he was 55 years old. He passed down his spot in the Habsburg Family to Maria Theresa.
(Maria Theresa Biography) This event is significant because after Charles VI died, Maria Theresa took his place in the Habsburg Family and became Holy Roman Empress. -
Frederick's army invades and claims Silesia
Frederick II thought he could claim territory from Maria Theresa once Charles VI died, because Maria Theresa was helpless. Frederick wanted Silesia because it had many little duchies and it was one of the most valuable provinces of the Austrian crown. (Frederick The Great Seizes Silesia)
This even was significant because it caused many conflicts with other countries with Austria. It also lead to a treaty with Frederick II and Maria Theresa. -
Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was a french philosopher, art critic, and writer. He wrote the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Working on the Encyclopédie lead to Diderot's arrest for three months because he wrote an essay on blindness. (Denis Diderot)
This event is significant because his ideas were important to the Enlightenment and the Encyclopédie was a valuable historical record. -
Frederick waged seven years war 1756-1763
Frederick II invaded Austria's ally Saxony, and the invasion was successful. this triggered the seven years war against Austria and Prussia. (Seven Years' War)
This event is significant because it showed the character between European warfare and Prussia emerged as the greatest power on the Continent, and the dominant force inside Germany, reducing still further the power of the Holy Roman Empire and Habsburg Austria (Seven years War) -
Frederick II and Maria Theresa signed Peace Treaty
Maria Theresa and Frederick II sign a peace treaty in 1763 at Hubertusburg. This peace treaty allowed Frederick II keep Silesia.(The Seven Years' War)
This event is significant because it strengthens Prussia and reduces the power of Austria. But Austria gets to mainatin their recent staus quo with Central Europe. -
Francis Died
Francis I married Maria Theresa. In 1745 he became Holy Roman Emperor. He is important because he and Maria Theresa had ruling children like: Joseph II, and Marie Antoinette. (Francis I Biography)
This event is significant because Maria Theresa appointed her son Joseph II as Emperor and co-regent. (Maria Theresa Biography) -
Benjamin Franklin Wrote thank you letter for an Irish Trader
Benjamin wrote a Thank you letter to a wealthy irish trader in 1767 for sending a box of proboscidian "tusks and grinders'". (Strange Science)
This event is important because Franklin believed the remain belonged to elephants, which made observations about how climate must change. -
Maria Theresa makes a smallpox hospital
Many of Maria Theresa's children died of smallpox, which helped her decide to make a smallpox hsopital in Vienna. (Maria Theresa's Children)
This event is significant because she helped many chilren by creating the hospital in Vienna and allowed 65 children in once it was opened. (Hopkins 65) -
Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen
Joseph Priestly is an English chemist. He invented carbonated water and the rubber eraser. Priestly found that "air is not only a substance, but a composition." he called it "dephlogisticated air" which would later be called oxygen by Antoine Lavoisier. (Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen)
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War of Bavarian Succession 1778-1779 (nicknamed potato war because there wasn't a lot of fighting)
Due to losing Silesia to Prussia, Joseph II wants to acquire Bavaria in order to restore Austria’s position in Germany. Charles Theodore, the elector palatine left Lower Bavaria and the lordship of Mindelheim to Austria, but Frederick II declared war on Austria to take their claims. (War of the Bavarian Succession)
This event is important because Maria Theresa made peace with Frederick II where they reached an agreement where Austria was to receive the Inn district, a fraction of the territory -
Maria Theresa Died
On November 28 1780 Maria Theresa Died of pheumonia. She died at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. (Trease 174)
This event is significant because she gave birth to many children who later become important to the world. For example Marie Antoinette became queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. Also Joseph II became the Holy Roman Emperor.
