✦ History

Third Silesian War

August 29, 1756 – February 15, 1763

Result Prussian victory

Ended by Treaty of Hubertusburg

Prussia fought Austria and its allies in the central European theatre of the Seven Years' War, the last of the Silesian Wars. Prussia prevailed.

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Battles 26

September 11 – October 14, 1756
Siege of Pirna Prussian victory Pirna, Saxony Frederick the Great, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Frederick Augustus Rutowsky
October 1, 1756
Battle of Lobositz Lovosice, Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic Frederick the Great, Maximilian Ulysses Browne
April 21, 1757
Battle of Reichenberg Prussian victory Liberec, Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels
May 1757 – June 1757
Siege of Prague Prague, Bohemia
May 6, 1757
Battle of Štěrboholy Prussian victory Prague, Štěrboholy, Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802), Frederick the Great, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
June 18, 1757
Battle of Kolín Austrian victory Kolín, Bohemia, (now the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic) about east of Prague Frederick the Great, Leopold Joseph von Daun
August 30, 1757
Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf Russian victory Gross Jägersdorf, East Prussia (today Motornoye, Kaliningrad Oblast) Pyotr Rumyantsev, Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, Hans von Lehwaldt
September 7, 1757
Battle of Moys Austrian victory Moys, Upper Lusatia, present-day Poland Hans Karl von Winterfeldt, Franz Leopold von Nádasdy
November 5, 1757
Battle of Rossbach Prussian victory Rossbach, Saxony Frederick the Great, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen
November 22, 1757
Battle of Breslau (1757) Austrian victory Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poland) Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
December 5, 1757
Battle of Leuthen Prussian victory Leuthen, Silesia, Prussia; Frederick the Great, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
May 4 – July 2, 1758
Siege of Olomouc Austrian victory Olomouc, Moravia Frederick the Great
June 30, 1758
Battle of Domstadtl Austrian victory Domašov nad Bystřicí, Moravia, Habsburg monarchy (now the Czech Republic) Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Josip Šišković
September 5, 1758
Battle of Zorndorf Inconclusive Zorndorf, Margraviate of Brandenburg (now Sarbinowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) Frederick the Great, William Fermor
October 4, 1758 – December 16, 1761
Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War) Prussian victory Kolberg, Prussia Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde
October 14, 1758
Battle of Hochkirch Austrian victory Hochkirch, Saxony Frederick the Great, James Francis Edward Keith, Ernst Gideon von Laudon
August 3, 1759
Battle of Kay Russian victory Kay, Margraviate of Brandenburg Pyotr Saltykov, Carl Heinrich von Wedel, Moritz Franz Kasimir von Wobersnow
August 12, 1759
Battle of Kunersdorf Russo-Austrian victory Kunersdorf, Margraviate of Brandenburg (now Kunowice, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland) Frederick the Great, Pyotr Saltykov, Ernst Gideon von Laudon
September 25, 1759
Battle of Hoyerswerda Prussian victory Hoyerswerda, Saxony Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)
November 21, 1759
Battle of Maxen Austrian victory Maxen, Electorate of Saxony Leopold Joseph von Daun, Friedrich August von Finck
December 3, 1759
Battle of Meissen Austrian victory Meissen, Saxony, present-day Germany
June 23, 1760
Battle of Landeshut (1760) Austrian victory Landeshut, Silesia; (now Kamienna Góra, Poland) Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué
August 15, 1760
Battle of Liegnitz (1760) Prussian victory Liegnitz, Prussian Silesia, present-day Poland Frederick the Great, Ernst Gideon von Laudon
November 3, 1760
Battle of Torgau Prussian victory Süptitzer Höhen, near Torgau, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire Frederick the Great, Leopold Joseph von Daun
July 21, 1762
Battle of Burkersdorf (1762) Prusso-Russian victory Burkersdorf, present-day Poland Frederick the Great, Leopold Joseph von Daun
October 29, 1762
Battle of Freiberg Prussian victory Freiberg, Electorate of Saxony Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802), Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern, András Hadik

Key commanders

Kingdom of Prussia 14

Frederick the Great belligerent leader James Francis Edward Keith military commander Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin military commander Hans von Lehwaldt military commander August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern military commander Hans Karl von Winterfeldt military commander Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde military commander Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) military commander Hans Joachim von Zieten military commander Carl Heinrich von Wedel military commander Moritz Franz Kasimir von Wobersnow military commander Heinrich von Manteuffel military commander Friedrich August von Finck military commander Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué military commander

Habsburg monarchy 11

Maria Theresa military commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander Leopold Joseph von Daun military commander Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine military commander Maximilian Ulysses Browne military commander Franz Moritz von Lacy military commander Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels military commander Franz Leopold von Nádasdy military commander Josip Šišković military commander Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern military commander András Hadik military commander

Electorate of Saxony 2

Maximilian Ulysses Browne military commander Frederick Augustus Rutowsky military commander

Russian Empire 5

Pyotr Rumyantsev military commander Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin military commander William Fermor military commander Pyotr Saltykov military commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander

France 2

Charles, Prince of Soubise military commander Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen military commander