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| Alliance Frederick II the Great |  |
| Allies with Louis XV
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| Prompted by Allied victories of 1743 & Maria Theresa's wish to regain Silesia
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| Alliance Pelham-Holles |  |
| 28th Dec Forms an anti Prussian Alliance with Austria & Holland
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| Battle of Prague Traun, Otto Friedrich von |  |
| Prague Traun defends Vienna & holds Frederick the Great, forcing him to retreat into Silesia
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| Battle of Prague Frederick II the Great | |
| Prague Leads 80,000 men through Saxony & Silesia into Bohemia
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| Prague Captures Prague then moves south to the Danube where he threatens Vienna
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| Battle of Toulon Cornwall, James | |
| 21st Feb Toulon The British are defeated by a French fleet
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| Battle of Toulon Hawke, Edward | |
| 21st Feb Toulon The British are defeated by a French fleet
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| Battle of Toulon Marthews, Thomas | |
| 21st Feb Toulon Commands a fleet which is defeated, Mathews is court-matialled & dismissed
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| Birth Frederick William II | |
| Berlin Birth of Frederick William II, son of Prince Augustus William
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| Brigadier General Broglie, Victor-Fran‡ois de |  |
| Appointed Brigadier
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| Capture Frederick II the Great | |
| Silesia Prussia extends its territories in Silesia
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| 16th Sep Prague Frederick II the Great captures Prague
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| Commander Charles Edward | |
| Appointed head of the Jacobite faction in France
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| Exile Charles Edward | |
| 29th June Isle of Skye Escapes to the Isle of Skye disguised as Betty Burke, a maid
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| Field Marshal Charles of Lorraine | |
| Appointed Field Marshal
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| Governor Charles of Lorraine | |
| Appointed Governor General of the Austrian Netherlands
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| Invasion of Bohemia Maria Theresa | |
| Bohemia Frederick II invades Bohemia
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| Invasion of Bohemia Charles VII | |
| Aug Bohemia Prussia offers Charles VII 80,000 troops "to restore liberty to the Empire"
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| Invasion of Bohemia Frederick II the Great | |
| Aug Bohemia Frederick II invades Bohemia
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| Aug Bohemia Prussia offers Charles VII 80,000 troops "to restore liberty to the Empire"
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| 17th Aug Bohemia Invades Bohemia & renews the war with Austria, in Alliance with France & Bavaria
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| Invasion of Danube Traun, Otto Friedrich von | |
| River Danube Unts are raised in Austria & Hungary to counter Frederick's march into the Danube
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| Invasion of England Saxe, Maurice de | |
| Dunkirk Prepares a fleet at Dunkirk to land 12,000 troops in London, aborted after a bad storm
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| Invasion of England Charles Edward | |
| Dunkirk A storm ends the invasion plans of de Saxe
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| Dunkirk Marshal de Saxe prepares a fleet of 12,000 troops to support the Jacobites
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| 5th July Minden Boards the du Teillay at Minden on the mouth of the Loire
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| 10th July Channel Intercepted by the Lion & forced to return to France with arms & ammunition
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| 10th July English Channel Intercepted by the Lion & forced to return to France with arms & ammunition
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| Lieutenant Wolfe, James | |
| Appointed Commander of the 4th Foot Company
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| Major General Campbell, John |  |
| Appointed Major General
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| Publication Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich |  |
| Publication of, "Notes on Philosophy & Physics", written while in prison
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| Siege of Prague Frederick II the Great | |
| Sep Prague Frederick II the Great marches into Prague
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| Nov Prague Forced to retreat after the non-arrival of the French due to the illness of Louis XV
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