War of the Austrian Succession

Battles 23

Key events

• War of Jenkins' Ear October 22, 1739 – October 18, 1748 · Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

  • Battle of Porto Bello (1739) November 22, 1739 · British victory
  • Battle of Cartagena de Indias March 13 – May 20, 1741 · Spanish victory
• First Silesian War December 16, 1740 – June 11, 1742 · Prussian victory

  • Battle of Mollwitz April 10, 1741 · Prussian victory
  • Battle of Chotusitz May 17, 1742 · Prussian victory
• Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) 1741 – 1743 · Russian victory; Treaty of Åbo
• Battle of Dettingen June 27, 1743 · Allied victory
• King George's War 1744 – 1748 · Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle; status quo ante bellum
• Battle of Toulon (1744) February 21–22, 1744 · Inconclusive
• Second Silesian War August 7, 1744 – December 25, 1745 · Prussian victory

  • Battle of Hohenfriedberg June 4, 1745 · Prussian victory
  • Battle of Soor September 30, 1745 · Prussian victory
  • Battle of Hennersdorf November 23, 1745 · Prussian victory
  • Battle of Kesselsdorf December 15, 1745 · Prussian victory
• Battle of Fontenoy May 11, 1745 · French victory
• First Carnatic War 1746 – 1748 · Status quo ante bellum
• Battle of Piacenza June 16, 1746 · Austrian victory
• Battle of Rocoux October 11, 1746 · French victory
• Battle of Lauffeld July 2, 1747 · French victory

Before and after

Ended by

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) October 18, 1748

Also involved 70

• Thomas Gage participant
• William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe participant
• Comte de Rochambeau participant
• Comte de Grasse participant
• Henry Clinton participant
• John Burgoyne participant
• Johann Rall participant
• Elizabeth of Russia participant
• Horatio Gates participant
• George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville participant · Habsburg monarchy
• Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester participant
• George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney participant
• John Campbell, of Strachur participant
• Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst participant
• Edward Braddock participant
• Prince William, Duke of Cumberland participant
• Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle participant
• Joseph François Dupleix participant
• John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier participant
• Robert Monckton participant
• François Gaston de Lévis participant · France
• Ernst Gideon von Laudon participant
• John Cope participant
• William Pepperrell participant