✦ History

Part of War of the Austrian Succession

First Silesian War

December 16, 1740 – June 11, 1742

Result Prussian victory

Prussia invaded Austrian Silesia and defeated the Habsburgs, seizing most of the province in the first of the Silesian Wars.

Overview Contemporaries

Kingdom of Prussia

Habsburg monarchy

Kingdom of Prussia
Habsburg monarchy
Frederick the Great belligerent leader Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau military commander Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin military commander
Maria Theresa military commander Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine military commander Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg military commander

Battles 2

Before and after

Ended by
Treaty of Breslau June 11, 1742
Treaty of Berlin (1742) July 28, 1742

Related events 1 degree away • 2 degrees away

1741
1742
 
First Silesian War
 
Battle of Chotusitz
 
Treaty of Breslau
 
Treaty of Berlin (1742)

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